McCarran Act

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The McCarran Act, formally the Internal Security Act of 1950, was a U.S. law aimed at combating perceived communist subversion by requiring communist organizations to register with the government and allowing for detention of suspected subversives.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
McCarran Internal Security Act 5
McCarran Act canonical 3

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
internal security law ⓘ
aimedAt communist organizations ⓘ
suspected subversives ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
immigration law ⓘ
national security law ⓘ
authorizes deportation of certain non-citizens for subversive activities ⓘ
detention of suspected subversives in internal security emergencies ⓘ
exclusion of certain aliens on security grounds ⓘ
chamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
constitutionalReviewBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
containsProvision emergency detention provisions for persons deemed likely to engage in espionage or sabotage ⓘ
requirement that Communist-action organizations register with the Attorney General ⓘ
restrictions on employment and travel of members of Communist organizations ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticizedFor encouraging political repression ⓘ
targeting political beliefs ⓘ
threatening civil liberties ⓘ
dateEnacted 1950-09-23 ⓘ
datePassed 1950 ⓘ
establishes Subversive Activities Control Board ⓘ
historicalPeriod Second Red Scare ⓘ
linked to: McCarthyism
legalCitation 64 Stat. 987 ⓘ
legalStatus partially in force and partially invalidated ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
namedAfter Pat McCarran ⓘ
officialName Internal Security Act of 1950 ⓘ
opposedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
partiallyInvalidatedBy Supreme Court decisions on First Amendment grounds ⓘ
partOf Cold War legislation ⓘ
presidentAtTimeOfSigning Harry S. Truman ⓘ
relatedTo Communist Party USA ⓘ
McCarthyism ⓘ
Smith Act ⓘ
requires registration of Communist organizations with the U.S. government ⓘ
shortName McCarran Internal Security Act ⓘ
linked to: McCarran Act
signedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
sponsor Pat McCarran ⓘ
subjectMatter anti-communism ⓘ
civil liberties ⓘ
immigration and deportation ⓘ
national security ⓘ
subversive activities ⓘ
title Internal Security Act of 1950 ⓘ
vetoedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
vetoOverrideBy United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
vetoStatus veto overridden ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Smith Act → relatedTo → McCarran Act ⓘ
Internal Security Act of 1950 → alsoKnownAs → McCarran Internal Security Act ⓘ
linked to: McCarran Act
McCarran Act → shortName → McCarran Internal Security Act ⓘ
linked to: McCarran Act
Pat McCarran → authorOf → McCarran Internal Security Act ⓘ
linked to: McCarran Act
McCarran–Ferguson Act → alsoKnownAs → McCarran Act ⓘ
Public Law 81-831 → alsoKnownAs → McCarran Internal Security Act ⓘ
linked to: McCarran Act
Subversive Activities Control Board → createdBy → McCarran Internal Security Act ⓘ
linked to: McCarran Act