Leo Isacson was an American Labor member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Isacson was born in New York City. He graduated from New York University in 1931 and New York University School of Law in 1933. He was member of the New York State Assembly from 1945 until 1946. He was elected to Congress in 1948 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Benjamin J. Rabin from a Bronx district seat and served from February 17, 1948 until January 3, 1949. By one measure, he was the second most liberal person to serve in Congress between 1937 and 2002. He was a delegate to the 1968 Democratic National Convention. He taught political science at Nova Southeastern University.
As per Haig v. Agee and the Passport Act of 1926, the Presidential administration may deny or revoke passports for foreign policy or national security reasons at any time. Perhaps the most notable example of enforcement of this ability was the 1948 denial of a passport to Rep. Isacson, who sought to go to Paris to attend a conference as an observer for the American Council for a Democratic Greece, a Communist front organization, because of the group's role in opposing the Greek government in the Greek Civil War.
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Leo Isacson was an American Labor member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Isacson was born in New York City. He graduated from New York University in 1931 and New York University School of Law in 1933. He was member of the New York State Assembly from 1945 until 1946. He was elected to Congress in 1948 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Benjamin J. Rabin from a Bronx district seat and served from February 17, 1948 until January 3, 1949. By one measure, he was the second most liberal person to serve in Congress between 1937 and 2002. He was a delegate to the 1968 Democratic National Convention. He taught political science at Nova Southeastern University.
As per Haig v. Agee and the Passport Act of 1926, the Presidential administration may deny or revoke passports for foreign policy or national security reasons at any time. Perhaps the most notable example of enforcement of this ability was the 1948 denial of a passport to Rep. Isacson, who sought to go to Paris to attend a conference as an observer for the American Council for a Democratic Greece, a Communist front organization, because of the group's role in opposing the Greek government in the Greek Civil War.
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