Scales v. United States

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate 1960-10-18
1960-10-19
gptkbp:citation 367 U.S. 203
gptkbp:date 1961-06-05
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Hugo_Black
gptkb:Felix_Frankfurter
gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Potter_Stewart
gptkbp:heldBy The Smith Act's membership clause does not violate the First Amendment if applied to active members who intend to bring about the overthrow of the government by force or violence.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Scales v. United States
gptkbp:legalSubject gptkb:Smith_Act
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan_II
gptkbp:pages 203
gptkbp:petitioner Junius Irving Scales
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Criminal law
Freedom of association
Communist Party of the United States of America
gptkbp:response gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:volume 367
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Section_2385
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7