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.

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

The fatal defects of Trump's position are further illuminated when you compare his stance with James Madison's "Report of 1800," which critiqued the Alien and Sedition Acts. (The Alien Enemies Act ...

RUND ABDELFATAH, BYLINE: The Alien and Sedition Acts were made up of four laws. The most famous and controversial one was the Sedition Act. It made it illegal to, quote, ...

There was another 1798 law from the suite of bills that came to be known as the Alien and Sedition Acts — which are in sum rightly considered a low point in U.S. history — that would have more ...

The Alien Enemies Act is one of the laws enacted as part of the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798 under President John Adams and the Federalist-controlled Congress. At the time, the U.S. was ...

(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 ...