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Sorry, apparently the link isn't working so here's another link http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-passes-communist-control-act So your statement suggests you're not a conservative?

This act is similar to the Smith Act, if you're familiar with that.

I would see the need to prevent a political party from getting into power whose intention to overthrown the us government, but there is no current worry about a violent communist takeover in America. It would be shameful to harass people with "communist leanings", as listed in the second link you provided. That included harassing members of the ACLU, NAACP, and labour unions. What boggles the mind is - the conservative party used to want to conserve land and our resources and water and protect animals from going extinct. This current brand of conservative disgusts me. The extreme right wing has gone bonkers, many times seeing communism or socialism where it does not exist.

The Venona papers, together with these archives, made it absolutely clear that the American Communist Party was from its beginning the willing agent of Soviet intelligence, obedient to its orders, financed by its contributions, and serving not only as a propaganda organ for Soviet policies but as a generous source for the recruitment of agents who would thereupon influence American policy and gladly commit espionage as well. It is now plain that by 1945 every important branch of the American government, from the White House itself to the State Department, the Defense Department, the Justice Department, the Treasury Department, the Office of Strategic Services (predecessor to the CIA), and the Office of War Information, to name only a few, was infested with Communists busily doing the work of the Soviet Union. Moreover, it is obvious that a penetration so complete would have been impossible if the Communists had not been able to depend on the blindness or indifference of many of the far larger number of ordinary liberals who dominated the Roosevelt Administration. As early as the late 1930s, even known Communists in government were often regarded by their colleagues as merely "liberals in a hurry." And during the war, of course, they could be excused as simply enthusiasts for America's doughty ally, "good old Joe." http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.1375/article_detail.asp History of anti communist legislation http://www.enotes.com/communist-control-act-1954-reference/communist-control-act-1954 Frank Marshall Davis; Obama's childhood chum and mentor per Dreams From My Father. IF we had gone to war with the Soviet Union during his lifetime, Frank Marshall Davis could have been arrested as a spy. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/248877/obama%E2%80%99s-communist-mentor-paul-kengor# 10 Planks of the communist manifesto, take note on what 'progress' we've made; http://www.libertyzone.com/Communist-Manifesto-Planks.html And then we have Kruschev's quote promising to take the US down without firing a shot. This man tells how, he was trained to subvert by propaganda and demoralization; https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mDDBZuheQxs CPUSA lawyers presented documents to the press showing that the Democratic platform of 2010, almost-line-for-line, reiterates the CPUSA platform of 1963. As the lead attorney for the plaintiffs pointed out, even a casual reading shows that while the rhetoric occasionally varies, the underlying policies are nearly identical.

If you supported the Constitution, you would understand why that sentence is a contradiction in terms.

Oh, I support the Constitution and that is why I believe that the current President is a traitor to the American people!

CPUSA lawyers presented documents to the press showing that the Democratic platform of 2010, almost-line-for-line, reiterates the CPUSA platform of 1963. As the lead attorney for the plaintiffs pointed out, even a casual reading shows that while the rhetoric occasionally varies, the underlying policies are nearly identical.