revolution
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 48 U.S. 1 - Luther v. Borden · 1849Most cited · 459 citing opinions
insurrection" and "rebellion" (all of which are attempts to change a subsisting government by force), then they create that 'domestic violence' which is contemplated by the Constitution, and which, by the act of 1795, they have by law provided for suppressing.
How often courts cite the case defining “revolution”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “revolution” — 455 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.