In Re Summers

Petitioner sought a writ of certiorari from this Court under Section 237 (b) of the Judicial Code to review the action of the Supreme Court of Illinois in denying petitioner’s prayer for admission to the practice of law in that state. It was alleged that the denial was “on the sole ground that he is a conscientious objector to war” or to phrase petitioner’s contention slightly differently “because of his conscientious scruples against participation in war.” Petitioner challenges here the right of the Supreme Court to exclude him from the bar under the due process clause of the Fourteenth…