Smith Act (United States)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Smith_Act_(United_States)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amendedBy	several times
gptkbp:appliesTo	citizens aliens
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Anti-communism_in_the_United_States United States federal criminal legislation 1940 in American law
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:54_Stat._670
gptkbp:dateEnacted	1940
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Smith Act (United States)
gptkbp:notableCase	gptkb:Yates_v._United_States gptkb:Scales_v._United_States gptkb:Stack_v._Boyle gptkb:Dennis_v._United_States
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Alien_Registration_Act_of_1940
gptkbp:penalty	imprisonment fines
gptkbp:prohibits	advocacy of violent overthrow of the government
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Espionage_Act_of_1917 gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution gptkb:McCarran_Internal_Security_Act
gptkbp:repealedBy	1957 (by Supreme Court decisions)
gptkbp:requires	non-citizen adult residents to register with the government
gptkbp:section	gptkb:Title_I:_Alien_Registration gptkb:Title_II:_Advocacy_of_Overthrow
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:Yates_v._United_States gptkb:Dennis_v._United_States prosecutions of Communist Party members
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ley_de_la_Mordaza_(Gag_Law)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7