Editing No Religious Test Clause (section)

==Forced oaths==
The [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] has interpreted this provision broadly, saying that ''any'' required oath to serve anything other than the Constitution is invalid.  In the case of ''[[Ex parte Garland]]'', the Court overturned a loyalty oath that the government had tried to apply to pardoned [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] officials.  As the officials had already received full [[Pardon|presidential pardons]] (negating an argument based on their potential status as criminals), the Court ruled that forcing officials and judges to swear loyalty oaths was unconstitutional.