William O. Douglas: Dissent in Dennis v. United States

Glossary

• the Act the state law under discussion in the case
• alive to aware of
• constructive treason treason defined by a particularly severe interpretation, or construction, of the law
• hold its hand resist taking action
• provocateurs persons who deliberately stir up unrest
• seditious urging revolt
• turn on intent revolve around the intentions of the party or parties involved
• Vishinsky Andrey Vishinsky, one of the leading prosecutors in the Moscow show trials by which the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin liquidated most of his enemies in the 1930s