In addition, the Michigan Law Review argued that the politically charged Act was plagued by a number of constitutional problems which would have undermined its effectiveness. The Yale Law Journal lauded the Act as the "most direct statutory attack on internal communism yet undertaken [by 1955] by Congress," but stressed the "haste and confusion of the Act’s passage" which led to many "vague and ambiguous provisions."
The Michigan Law Review argued that the politically charged Act was plagued by numerous constitutional issues that would have undermined its effectiveness. The Yale Law Journal praised the Act as "the most direct statutory attack on internal communism yet undertaken [by 1955] by Congress," but also highlighted the "hurried and confusing passage" of the Act, which resulted in many "vague and ambiguous provisions."