Internal Security Act of 1950

E275065

United States federal statute anti-communist legislation

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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Internal Security Act of 1950 canonical	4
Title I – Subversive Activities Control	1

Statements (49)

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 Act ⓘ surface form: McCarran Internal Security Act
authorizes	detention of suspected subversives in national emergencies ⓘ heightened surveillance of suspected subversives ⓘ
congressNumber	81st United States Congress ⓘ
containsProvision	emergency detention provisions ⓘ
containsTitle	Internal Security Act of 1950 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Title I – Subversive Activities Control Title II – Emergency Detention ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: 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	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States Supreme Court
politicalContext	McCarthyism ⓘ surface form: McCarthy era McCarthyism ⓘ surface form: Second Red Scare
presidentAtEnactment	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: 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	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
sponsorChamber	United States Senate ⓘ
subjectMatter	communism ⓘ internal security ⓘ subversive activities ⓘ
TrumanCharacterization	“a mockery of the Bill of Rights” ⓘ
vetoedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
vetoOverrideBy	United States Congress ⓘ
vetoStatus	veto overridden ⓘ
yearEnacted	1950 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Smith Act → relatedTo → Internal Security Act of 1950 ⓘ

Internal Security Act of 1950 → containsTitle → Internal Security Act of 1950 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title I – Subversive Activities Control

McCarran Act → officialName → Internal Security Act of 1950 ⓘ

McCarran Act → title → Internal Security Act of 1950 ⓘ

Pat McCarran → hasPart → Internal Security Act of 1950 ⓘ