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Mormons and the Supreme Court...
Mormons and the Supreme Court...
Item # 699894
January 22, 1879
THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, Jan. 22, 1879 Page 4 an article: "The Polygamy Problem" taking over half a column. It begins: "The recent decision of the supreme court of the United States has naturally stimulated the Gentile element in Utah to renewed activity, and to the same extent increased the irreconcilable hostility existing between the two factions...".
This relates to Reynolds v. United States case, in which the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a federal law prohibiting polygamy did not violate the free exercise clause of the First Amendment. The Court's decision was among the first to hold that the free exercise of religion is not absolute.
Eight pages, nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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