Internal Security Act of 1950

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The Internal Security Act of 1950 was a Cold War-era U.S. law aimed at combating perceived communist subversion by requiring communist organizations to register with the government and authorizing heightened surveillance and detention powers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
anti-communist legislation ⓘ
affects Communist Party USA ⓘ
aimedAt communist subversion ⓘ
perceived internal security threats ⓘ
alsoKnownAs McCarran Act ⓘ
McCarran Internal Security Act ⓘ
linked to: McCarran Act
authorizes detention of suspected subversives in national emergencies ⓘ
heightened surveillance of suspected subversives ⓘ
congressNumber 81st United States Congress ⓘ
containsProvision emergency detention provisions ⓘ
containsTitle Title I – Subversive Activities Control ⓘ
Title II – Emergency Detention ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticizedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
criticizedFor civil liberties violations ⓘ
infringement of freedom of association ⓘ
infringement of freedom of speech ⓘ
dateEnacted September 23, 1950 ⓘ
enactedDuring Cold War ⓘ
established Subversive Activities Control Board ⓘ
grantsPowerTo Subversive Activities Control Board ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Cold War United States domestic policy ⓘ
imposes registration requirements on communist organizations ⓘ
legalDomain criminal law ⓘ
national security law ⓘ
partiallyInvalidatedBy United States Supreme Court ⓘ
politicalContext McCarthy era ⓘ
linked to: McCarthyism

Second Red Scare ⓘ
linked to: McCarthyism
presidentAtEnactment Harry S. Truman ⓘ
primarySponsor Pat McCarran ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 81-831 ⓘ
relatedTo McCarran–Walter Act ⓘ
Smith Act ⓘ
requiresDisclosureOf financial information of communist organizations ⓘ
membership lists of communist organizations ⓘ
requiresRegistrationOf Communist organizations ⓘ
Communist-action organizations ⓘ
Communist-front organizations ⓘ
signedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
sponsorChamber United States Senate ⓘ
subjectMatter communism ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
subversive activities ⓘ
TrumanCharacterization “a mockery of the Bill of Rights” ⓘ
vetoedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
vetoOverrideBy United States Congress ⓘ
vetoStatus veto overridden ⓘ
yearEnacted 1950 ⓘ

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Smith Act → relatedTo → Internal Security Act of 1950 ⓘ
Internal Security Act of 1950 → containsTitle → Title I – Subversive Activities Control ⓘ
linked to: Internal Security Act of 1950
McCarran Act → officialName → Internal Security Act of 1950 ⓘ
McCarran Act → title → Internal Security Act of 1950 ⓘ
Pat McCarran → hasPart → Internal Security Act of 1950 ⓘ
Public Law 81-831 → officialName → Internal Security Act of 1950 ⓘ
Public Law 81-831 → shortTitle → Internal Security Act ⓘ
linked to: Internal Security Act of 1950
Subversive Activities Control Board → createdBy → Internal Security Act of 1950 ⓘ