National Affairs: Klan Ousted

The suit of Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Plaintiff in Error v. the State of Kansas was thrown out of the U. S. Supreme Court last week for lack of jurisdiction. Hence, the decision of the lower court stands. This decision says that no foreign corporation, whether organized for profit or charity, can carry on any activities in the State of Kansas without the consent of the State Charter Board—except such corporations as are protected by the interstate commerce clause of the Federal Constitution. The significance: many another state may follow Kansas’ legal action in ousting the Ku Klux Klan (a Georgia corporation).