Speiser v. Randall

The appellants are honorably discharged veterans of World War II who claimed the veterans’ property-tax *515exemption provided by Art. XIII, § 1%, of the California Constitution. Under California law applicants for such exemption must annually complete a standard form of application and file it with the local assessor. The form was revised in 1954 to add an oath by the applicant: “I do not advocate the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of the State of California by force or violence or other unlawful means, nor advocate the support of a foreign government against the United…