Keyishian v. Board of Regents

Keyishian v. Board of Regents
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 17, 1966
Decided January 23, 1967
Full case nameKeyishian, et al. v. Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York, et al.
Citations385 U.S. 589 (more)
87 S. Ct. 675; 17 L. Ed. 2d 629; 1967 U.S. LEXIS 2454
Holding
States cannot prohibit employees from being members of the Communist Party. Such laws are overbroad and too vague.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · William O. Douglas
Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Abe Fortas
Case opinions
MajorityBrennan, joined by Warren, Black, Douglas, Fortas
DissentClark, joined by Harlan, Stewart, White
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I

Keyishian v. Board of Regents, 385 U.S. 589 (1967), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that states cannot prohibit employees from being members of the Communist Party and that this law was overbroad and too vague.[1]

  1. ^ "Opinion | DEI Goals Are Worthy. Campus DEI Bureaucracies Fail Them". The Chronicle of Higher Education. March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.