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United States v. Lovett 328 U.S. 303 (1946) was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that Congress may not forbid the payment of a salary to a specific individual as it would constitute an unconstitutional bill of attainder.In February 1943 the Democratic chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee Martin Dies gave a speech at the floor on the House of Representatives accusing 39 unspecified government employees of subversive activities.

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