Three of the four acts expired shortly after they were signed into law in the late 1700s. One remains active—and it’s been at ...

At a time when the current presidential administration is tightening control of the media and even invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 – which Adams signed into law alongside the Sedition Act ...

The use of the Alien and Sedition Acts to target a group pre-supposed to be hostile to Adams’s political agenda was based entirely on a desire to target political enemies. Particular people ...