Smith Act book
also: the Smith Act
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U.S. Supreme Court dissolved
Smith Act documented
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“The Supreme Court rulings had rendered the Smith Act technically unenforceable... It made it ineffective to prosecute Communist Party members…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.16
Elliot Richardson proposed
Smith Act documented
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“Senator MATHIAS Finally let me just return to the Smith Act for a minute which as I understand it requires incitement to imminent action to overthrow the Government by violence If a domestic intelligence investigation can begin with far les…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.337