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Eugene Dennis

American politician (1905-1961)

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Nov 15, 2025

Key Supreme Court cases involving communist speech and association rights

Key Supreme Court decisions in the Cold War era shaped how the First Amendment applies to communist speech and association: Dennis v. United States upheld convictions under the Smith Act for Communist...

Nov 11, 2025

Who were the key figures prosecuted under the Smith Act in 1949?

The analyses converge on a clear finding: the 1949 Smith Act prosecutions targeted senior leaders of the Communist Party USA, most prominently Eugene Dennis and a group often called the “New York Elev...