Silverman v. Campbell was a South Carolina Supreme Court case regarding the constitutionality of a provision in the South Carolina Constitution requiring an oath to God for employment in the public sector.
Herb Silverman in 2018. President Emeritus of the Secular Coalition for America, and a former board member of the American Humanist Association.
Constitution of South Carolina
The Constitution of the State of South Carolina is the governing document of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It describes the structure and function of the state's government. The current constitution took effect on December 4, 1895. South Carolina has had six other constitutions, which were adopted in 1669, 1776, 1778, 1790, 1865 and 1868.
Radical Republicans in South Carolina's new 1868 government
Senator Benjamin Tillman, a proponent of the 1895 Constitution
Article III establishes Columbia as the state capital.
Image: Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury