George Anastaplo
George Anastaplo (November 7, 1925 – February 14, 2014) was a professor at
Loyola University Chicago School of Law and author who was famously denied admission for many years to the Illinois Bar. The denial of his admission became a Supreme Court case, ''
In re Anastaplo'', in which he insisted that the
First Amendment of the
U.S. Constitution protects the privacy of political affiliations, specifically, his refusal to answer questions about membership in the
Communist Party. Anastaplo's stand was based on constitutional principles and his consequent rejection of
McCarthyism, and nobody alleged that he had been a member of the Communist Party. The Supreme Court's majority upheld the
lower courts' ruling in favor of the Illinois Bar, with Justice
Hugo Black dissenting. After his Supreme Court case and denial of admission to the Bar, Anastaplo supported his family by teaching at the University of Chicago and other universities and colleges. He wrote many articles and books on philosophy, many of which acknowledged the influence of his teacher,
Leo Strauss.
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