1940 Smith Act

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1930s-1940s During the 1930s and 1940s, it became a voice for isolationism and pro-fascist propaganda. The paper was indicted along with Griffin under the Smith Act for sedition by a grand jury in 1942 for subverting the morale of US troops through Griffin's editorials against US military involvement in World War II. The charges were later dropped.[12][13]
1950 Hundley prosecuted violators of the Smith Act of 1950, which set criminal penalties for those seeking to overthrow the U.S. government.
It set criminal penalties for advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government by force or violence and required all non-citizen adult residents to register with the federal government.