Loyalty oath, bar applicants: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Loyalty oath, bar applicants,” part of the First Amendment area.

5decisions

40%favorable to the petitioner

0%unanimous

0altered precedent or struck a law

Decisions by decade

1960s2

1970s3

Most majority opinions

Hugo L. Black2

John M. Harlan II2

Potter Stewart1

Legal provisions most often involved

First Amendment (association)2

Fourteenth Amendment (due process)2

First Amendment (speech, press, and assembly)1

All 5 decisions, newest first

Baird v. State Bar of Arizona
401 U.S. 1Decided February 23, 19715–4Hugo L. Black
In re Stolar
401 U.S. 23Decided February 23, 19715–4Hugo L. Black
Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. v. Wadmond
401 U.S. 154Decided February 23, 19715–4Potter Stewart
Konigsberg v. State Bar of California
366 U.S. 36Decided April 24, 19615–4John M. Harlan II
In re Anastaplo
366 U.S. 82Decided April 24, 19615–4John M. Harlan II

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error