Justice Robert H. Jackson Quote

"If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is
that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox
in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force
citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein."

by:	Justice Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954) Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials
Source:	Minersville School District v. Gobitis, 1940 (or West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943))
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Categories:	Constitution, Democracy, Freedom, Government, Independence, Individual Rights, Justice, Law, Liberty, Oppression, Politics, Religion, Republic, Sovereignty, Truth, Agnostic
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-- Mike, Norwalk
-- Robert, Sarasota
Tell that to the FBI...  -- E Archer, NYC      1
...unless it is to believe in global warming or the value of diversity, two modern day religions with no basis in observable fact.  -- Ken, Allyn, WA      1 1
Another right winger.  -- warren, olathe      1
-- Anonymous
Quoted from the West Virginia Board of Education vs. Barnette Supreme Court case.  -- anon, anon town      1
warren, by what scale are using to describe the above tyrant "right winger"?  -- Mike, Norwalk
Shouldn't we be a principled being?  -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown
-- Ronw13, ID

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