The Alien and Sedition Acts were mistakes that Adams lived to regret. Reviving any of them today would be, in my opinion, a ...

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 the center of constitutional debates ever since.

John Adams called the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 "war measures." To opponents, they were unconstitutional and indefensible. To supporters, they protected the very foundations of the nation.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Marianne Holdzkom, Kennesaw State University (THE CONVERSATION) When John Adams ...

The Alien and Sedition Acts were mistakes that Adams lived to regret. Reviving any of them today would be, in my opinion, a worse one. Freedom of speech; Bill of rights; Free speech; ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Marianne Holdzkom, Kennesaw State University (THE CONVERSATION) When John Adams ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Marianne Holdzkom, Kennesaw State University (THE CONVERSATION) When John Adams ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Marianne Holdzkom, Kennesaw State University (THE CONVERSATION) When John Adams ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Marianne Holdzkom, Kennesaw State University (THE CONVERSATION) When John Adams ...