Borrowing Money From A Foreign Government May Make You A Subversive Organization In California
In 1941, Robert Noble, Ellis O. Jones and several other individuals were indicted for violating California’s Subversive Organization Registration Law. The defendants were active in a pro-German group called the Friends of Progress. Eventually, they were convicted and they appealed. The Court of Appeal reversed finding insufficient evidence to sustain the convictions. In the opinion, the Court expressed “grave doubt” Read more...
