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...vote, the three-judge panel also declared sections of the McCarran Act-which governs U.S. immigration and naturalization laws-unconstitutional...
...declaring the McCarran Act unconstitutional, the court in effect ruled that the First Amendment guarantees citizens the right to hear as well as express opinions without government censorship...
...This is a decision of major importance," Boudin said yesterday. "This is the first time the McCarran Act [passed in 1952] has been seriously challenged, although many deportations and exclusions have been carried out in the past under...
Under a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the McCarran-Walter Act) of 1952, the U.S. Attorney General has the power to decide whether Mandel is allowed into the country. His two earlier visits were authorized because the Justice Department decided that the political climate had mellowed since the act was passed. Now, apparently, Attorney General John Mitchell thinks that it has changed for the worse once again...
...Vassar. The reason: in 1968, Mandel deviated from his itinerary, which under the provisions of the act is forbidden. Mandel claims -and the State Department apparently agrees-that he was never fully briefed on the act's provisions. Recently, Mandel has made a careful study of the McCarran Act and claims that he is being discriminated against. The act applies to members of the Communist Party, and Mandel says: "I have never been a party member...