Atherant
What legal basis existed for McCarthyism?
McCarthyism
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jharrington
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The Alien Registration Act or Smith Act of 1940 made it a crime to try to overthrow the federal government.
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desmonde
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Eleven Communist leaders were convicted under the Smith Act in 1949.