subversive
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 342 U.S. 485 - Adler v. Board of Education of City of New York · 1952Most cited · 746 citing opinions
When used in subdivision 2 of § 3022, the word has a very definite meaning, namely, an organization that teaches and advocates the overthrow of government by force or violence.
How often courts cite the case defining “subversive”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “subversive” — 744 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.