State Loyalty Oaths Spread as California Passes Levering Act, Requires Public Employee Pledges
In 1950, California passed the Levering Act, requiring all state employees to sign a loyalty oath swearing they did not belong to organizations advocating overthrow of the government. The law followed a bitter fight at the University of California that had already fired 31 faculty members for …
California Legislature
Earl Warren
University of California Board of Regents
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
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