Case Categories: Religious Oaths

• McDaniel v. Paty (1978)

  McDaniel v. Paty (1978) ruled that a Tennessee law prohibiting clergy members from serving as political delegates violated the free exercise clause of the First...

• Torcaso v. Watkins (1961)

  Torcaso v. Watkins (1961) found that requiring an oath to affirm belief in “the existence of God” in order to hold public office violated the First...