Smith Act (1941)

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Alien_Registration_Act
gptkbp:category gptkb:Anti-communism_in_the_United_States
United States federal criminal legislation
1940 in American law
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:18_U.S.C._§_2385
gptkbp:criminalizes membership in organizations advocating violent overthrow
advocacy of violent overthrow of the government
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1940
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Smith Act (1941)
gptkbp:prohibits Yates v. United States (1957)
gptkbp:reaffirms Dennis v. United States (1951)
gptkbp:requires non-citizen adult residents to register with the government
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:usedIn prosecutions of Communist Party members
prosecutions of Socialist Workers Party members
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_P._Cannon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7