McCarran Internal Security Act
GPTKB entity
Properties (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:addressed |
Internal Security Act of 1950
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| gptkbp:amends |
Subsequent legislation
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
Cold_War_era_policies
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| gptkbp:controversy |
Civil liberties concerns
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| gptkbp:criticism |
Civil rights organizations
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
USA PATRIOT Act |
| gptkbp:enforces |
gptkb:Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
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| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:post-World_War_II_America
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| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
impact on civil liberties
precedent for future security legislation reflection of anti-communist sentiment |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
McCarran Internal Security Act
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| gptkbp:impact |
increased scrutiny of political dissent
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
Red Scare
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| gptkbp:is_used_in |
increased government surveillance
chilling effect on free speech legislation on national security |
| gptkbp:legacy |
impact on immigration policy
debate over national security vs. civil rights discussion on government overreach influence on future anti-terrorism laws influence on public perception of communism role_in_shaping_American_political_discourse |
| gptkbp:legalStatus |
Supreme_Court_cases
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| gptkbp:mandates |
detention of suspected subversives
registration_of_Communist_organizations |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
Hatch Act
Smith Act |
| gptkbp:publicAccess |
media coverage
protests debates_in_Congress |
| gptkbp:purpose |
to_protect_the_United_States_against_certain_un-American_and_subversive_activities
|
| gptkbp:relatedEvent |
gptkb:McCarthy_hearings
gptkb:House_Un-American_Activities_Committee_hearings Red Scare trials Senate_investigations |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:McCarthyism
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| gptkbp:signature |
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
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| gptkbp:targets |
Communists
anarchists socialists |
| gptkbp:yearEstablished |
1950
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