Sedition Act prosecution

C58445
concept

Sedition Act prosecution is a legal action brought by the government against individuals accused of inciting rebellion, disloyalty, or resistance to lawful authority through speech, writing, or other expressive conduct under a Sedition Act statute.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sedition Act prosecution canonical 1
early American sedition case 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Sedition Act prosecution
Generated description
Sedition Act prosecution is a legal action brought by the government against individuals accused of inciting rebellion, disloyalty, or resistance to lawful authority through speech, writing, or other expressive conduct under a Sedition Act statute.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
United States v. Fries early American sedition case
United States v. Callender