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Advocate's Devil? The Plaintiff's-Eye-View of an Establishment Clause Suit

Apr 3 2008 - 5:00pm

Herb Silverman was a mild-mannered Mathematics Professor in Charleston who just happened to be an atheist. In 1990, a friend told Professor Silverman that it was illegal for atheists to hold public office in the state of South Carolina. So Herb fought it. For eight years. And won. Hear his story of an encounter with Medieval law at the dawn of the Internet Age.


ACS, UVA Law Chapter

Brandon Butler

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