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Repeal United States Code Title 50, Chapter 23, Subchapter IV, § 843(a)

Created by P.C. on November 17, 2014

U.S.C Title 50, Chapter 23, Subchapter IV, § 843(a) reads:
"whoever knowingly and willfully becomes or remains a member of (1) the Communist Party, or (2) any other organization having for one of its purposes or objectives the establishment, control, conduct, seizure, or overthrow of the Government of the United States, or the government of any State or political subdivision thereof...shall be subject to all the provisions and penalties of the Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended [50 U.S.C. 781 et seq.], as a member of a "Communist-action" organization."
This is a relic from the Cold War, and is no longer necessary. Its existence as a technicality acts only to hinder free and democratic speech.

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