In re Anastaplo, 366 U.S. 82 (1961), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that denying a bar applicant's character and fitness because they would not answer questions about membership in the Communist Party did not violate the applicant's rights.

[1][2] During a hearing with the Committee on Character and Fitness required for George Anastaplo to join the Illinois bar and become a lawyer, the committee asked Anastaplo whether he was a member of the Communist Party.

[1] When the case made it to the Supreme Court, the Court upheld the decision to deny him membership in the Bar because refusing to answer a "material" question from the Committee on Character and Fitness was a reason to deny someone membership to the Bar on its own.

[1] There was never any evidence that Anastaplo was a member of the Communist Party, but this was immaterial to the Court.

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