McCarran Internal Security Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/McCarran_Internal_Security_Act
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Internal_Security_Act_of_1950
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Subversive_Activities_Control_Act_Amendments
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:50_U.S.C._§§_781–799
gptkbp:dateEnacted September 23, 1950
gptkbp:declaredUnconstitutionalInPartBy gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label McCarran Internal Security Act
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Pat_McCarran
gptkbp:provides required Communist-front organizations to register
restricted employment and travel of communists
allowed for detention of suspected subversives during national emergencies
established the Subversive Activities Control Board
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Pub.L._81–831
gptkbp:purpose to combat subversive activities
to require Communist organizations to register with the U.S. Attorney General
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:McCarthyism
gptkb:Red_Scare
gptkbp:repealedBy 1971
gptkbp:sectionsStruckDown detention provisions
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Pat_McCarran
gptkbp:statutesAtLargeCitation 64 Stat. 987
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:law
Supreme Court cases
civil liberties debate
gptkbp:vetoedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Red_Scare
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5