Session #81 · 1949–51

Speech #810329396

In other words the citizen under suspicion must sustain the burden of proving his innocence. That is the reverse of our timehonored judicial procedure wherein a man is innocent until proven guilty. The Attorney General shall publish annually in the Federal Register a list of subversive groups. Who reads the Federal Register? Certainly not naturalized citizenslet alone Congressmen. How can the naturalized citizen know he is included in the lists of memberships of these banned organizations. Is it fair to compel all naturalized citizens to read the Federal Register? Perfectly innocent persons will be punished and dragnetted in a wild search for victims. Bad cases indeed make bad law.
Keywords matched
naturalized

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
EMANUEL CELLER
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
810329396
Paragraph
#3
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