Note 336 — Chapter IV · Limitations on the Postal Power

In U. S. ex rel. Turner v. Williams, 194 U. S. 279 (1904), the Supreme Court held that the provisions of the immigration act of 1903 (32 Stat L. 1213) for the exclusion and deportation of alien anarchists did not violate any constitutional limitations and that the freedom of the press was not involved. “If the word ‘anarchists’ should be interpreted as including aliens whose anarchistic views are professed as those of political philosophers innocent of evil intent, ... in the light of previous decisions, the act, even in this aspect, would not be unconstitutional, as applicable to any alien who is opposed to all organized government.”