Harisiades v. Shaughnessy
| Harisiades v. Shaughnessy | |
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| Argued 5 December, 1951 Decided 10 March, 1952 | |
| Full case name | Harisiades v. Shaughnessy, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization |
| Citations | 342 U.S. 580 (more) |
| Holding | |
| Affirmed ruling of the lower court; The Alien Registration Act of 1940's authorization of deportation for legal residents based on Communist Party membership, even past, does not violate the Fifth Amendment, the First Amendment, Due Process, nor the Ex Post Facto Clause. | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Jackson, joined by Minton, Reed, Vinson, and Burton |
| Concurrence | Frankfurter |
| Dissent | Douglas, joined by Black |
| Clark took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Harisiades v. Shaughnessy, 342 U.S. 580 (1952), was a United States Supreme Court case which determined that the Alien Registration Act of 1940's authorization of deportation of legal residents for membership, even past, in communist parties did not violate the First Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, nor the constitution's Ex Post Facto Clause.
The case was a consolidation of three similar cases, Mascitti v. McGrath, Coleman v. McGrath, and Harisiades v. Shaughnessy, all brought by long time legal residents of the United States who were in the process of being deported under the Alien Registration Act for their past participation in communist political parties.