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Pennsylvania v. Nelson, 350 U.S. 497 (1956)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Pennsylvania v. Nelson, 350 U.S. 497 (1956)
Pennsylvania v. Nelson No. 10 Argued November 15-16, 1955 Decided April 2, 1956 350 U.S. 497
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
WESTERN DISTRICT
Syllabus
The Smith Act, as amended, 18 U.S.C. § 2385, which prohibits the knowing advocacy of the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force and violence, supersedes the enforceability of the Pennsylvania Sedition Act, which proscribes the same conduct. Pp. 498-510.
1. The scheme of federal regulation is so pervasive as to make reasonable the inference that the Congress left no room for the States to supplement it. Pp. 502-504.
2. The federal statutes touch a field in which the federal interest is so dominant that the federal system must be assumed to preclude enforcement of state laws on the same subject. Pp. 504-505.
3. Enforcement of state sedition acts presents a serious danger of conflict with the administration of the federal program. Pp. 505-510.
377 Pa. 58, 104 A.2d 133, affirmed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Pennsylvania v. Nelson, 350 U.S. 497 (1956) in 350 U.S. 497 350 U.S. 498. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=727ZHI8M5V8LYIQ.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Pennsylvania v. Nelson, 350 U.S. 497 (1956), in 350 U.S. 497, page 350 U.S. 498. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=727ZHI8M5V8LYIQ.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Pennsylvania v. Nelson, 350 U.S. 497 (1956). cited in 1956, 350 U.S. 497, pp.350 U.S. 498. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=727ZHI8M5V8LYIQ.
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