sep 23, 1950 - McCarran Act

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The Internal Security Act of 1950, also known as the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950. Congress enacted it over President Harry Truman's veto. It required Communist organizations to register with the federal government. The 1965 U.S Supreme Court ruling in Albertson v. Subversive Activities Control Board saw much of the act's Communist registration requirement abolished. The purpose of the act was to protect the United States against certain un-American and subversive activities by requiring registration of Communist organizations, and for other purposes.

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