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ee Ne TO an ~~, vo and membership a cloak fer acts and conduct inimical to personal rights and public welfare. . .. ‘It is a matter oF common knowledge that this organization [the klan] functions largely at night, its members disguised by hoods and gowns and doing things calculated to strike terror into the “minds of people'". The Supreme Court reafZirmed this @istinction in NAACP v. Alabama. - Juatice Harlan pointed out: “[{In Zimmerman} the Court took care to emphasize the nature of the organization which New York ‘gought to regulate, The decision was based on the particular character of the klan's activities, in- volving acta of unlawful intimidation and violence oo of which the Court itself took judicial notice,” Here the defendants admit that the klan's methods are lawless. Albertson ; : Nov. 15, _ coe a : ‘v. Subversives Activities Board, /1965 U.S. pretermits a4 in* “the question at igeve in Zimmerman and NAACP v. Alabama. ; —— OO Cc. Out of Their Own Mouths. (1) The Konstitution of the Original - Ku Kiux Klan embodies “the Supreme Law of the Realm". Article I states tha one cf the wojects of the organization is to "protect and defend the Cons ‘tution of the United States": bet another object is to “maintain forever ee . Segregation of the races and the Divinely directed and historically proven fF ehe Otten Dees Tho se oam le res 2 WS Tie ROL + 466GC PATA LG o hacy “whieh our forefathers Mutually pledged ena freely sacrificed their lives, | ‘their fortunes, and their sacred honor two centuries ago"; but Article If limits the membership to "mature, Native-born, White, Gentile Men... who ‘profess and practice the Christian Faish but who are not members of the Roman Catholic Church”. (2) Printed with the Konstitucion is a Proclamation stating that it must be “STRICTLY ADHERED TO." The Proclamation states that "ALL REALM © work is carried on by a chain of command", establishes the organization along military lines, defines the duties of the various officers and com- mitcees, and describes “The Way of the Klavern", "ALL Klaverns will have at least five armed guards with flash~ ligucs posted during regular meatings.“ However, "No one will be allowe: to carzy a gun inside the Klavern Curing regular meetings except the Knight Hawk (Keeper of the Klaverr }." of.