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28 relations: Article Six of the United States Constitution, Atheism, Bernal v. Fainter, Circuit court, Constitution of Maryland, Creationism, Everson v. Board of Education, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Free Inquiry, Gale (publisher), Governor of Maryland, Hugo Black, Lawyers' Edition, List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 367, Maryland, Maryland Court of Appeals, No Religious Test Clause, Notary public, Prometheus Books, Religious qualifications for public office in the United States, Secular humanism, Silverman v. Campbell, South Carolina Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, The Washington Post, TheFreeDictionary.com, United States Constitution.
Article Six of the United States Constitution
Article Six of the United States Constitution establishes the laws and treaties of the United States made in accordance with it as the supreme law of the land, forbids a religious test as a requirement for holding a governmental position and holds the United States under the Constitution responsible for debts incurred by the United States under the Articles of Confederation.
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Atheism
Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities.
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Bernal v. Fainter
Bernal v. Fainter, 467 U.S. 216 (1984), is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Equal Protection Clause prohibited the state of Texas from barring noncitizens from applying for commission as a notary public.
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Circuit court
Circuit courts are court systems in several common law jurisdictions.
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Constitution of Maryland
The current Constitution of the State of Maryland, which was ratified by the people of the state on September 18, 1867, forms the basic law for the U.S. state of Maryland.
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Creationism
Creationism is the religious belief that the universe and life originated "from specific acts of divine creation",Gunn 2004, p. 9, "The Concise Oxford Dictionary says that creationism is 'the belief that the universe and living organisms originated from specific acts of divine creation.'" as opposed to the scientific conclusion that they came about through natural processes.
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Everson v. Board of Education
Everson v. Board of Education, was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court which applied the Establishment Clause in the country's Bill of Rights to State law.
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First Amendment to the United States Constitution
The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or to petition for a governmental redress of grievances.
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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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Free Inquiry
Free Inquiry is a bi-monthly journal of secular humanist opinion and commentary published by the Council for Secular Humanism, which is a program of the Center for Inquiry.
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Gale (publisher)
Gale is an educational publishing company based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, in the western suburbs of Detroit.
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Governor of Maryland
The Governor of Maryland heads the executive branch of the government of the State of Maryland, and is the commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard units.
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Hugo Black
Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American politician and jurist who served in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1937, and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1937 to 1971.
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Lawyers' Edition
The United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition, or Lawyers' Edition (L. Ed. and L. Ed. 2d in case citations) is an unofficial reporter of Supreme Court of the United States opinions.
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 367
This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court cases from volume 367 of the United States Reports.
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Maryland
Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.
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Maryland Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals of Maryland is the supreme court of the U.S. state of Maryland.
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No Religious Test Clause
The No Religious Test Clause of the United States Constitution is a clause within Article VI, Clause 3.
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Notary public
A notary public (or notary or public notary) of the common law is a public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters usually concerned with estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney, and foreign and international business.
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Prometheus Books
Prometheus Books is a publishing company founded in August 1969 by the philosopher Paul Kurtz (who was also the founder of the Council for Secular Humanism, Center for Inquiry, and co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry).
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Religious qualifications for public office in the United States
Religious qualifications for public office in the United States have always been prohibited at the national level of the federal system of government under the Constitution.
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Secular humanism
Secular humanism is a philosophy or life stance that embraces human reason, ethics, and philosophical naturalism while specifically rejecting religious dogma, supernaturalism, pseudoscience, and superstition as the basis of morality and decision making.
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Silverman v. Campbell
Silverman v. Campbell was a South Carolina Supreme Court case regarding the constitutionality of a provision in the South Carolina Constitution requiring an oath to God for employment in the public sector.
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South Carolina Supreme Court
The South Carolina Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of South Carolina.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.
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TheFreeDictionary.com
TheFreeDictionary.com is an American online dictionary and encyclopedia that gathers information from a variety of sources.
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United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States.
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References
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