The conviction of members of the U.S.Communist Party in the early 1950s was initially upheld as a lawful restriction of the right

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The conviction of members of the U.S. Communist Party in the early 1950s was initially upheld as a lawful restriction of the right of free speech. The government argued that advocating for the overthrow of the U.S. government, which many Communist Party members were accused of doing, was not protected by the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech. However, this interpretation of the law was later overturned by the Supreme Court in the 1960s.

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