Most historians point to March 1797, when the French government set its navy loose on American merchantmen. The Alien and Sedition Acts polarized early American politics. The acts were initiated ...

Yet the real story behind the Sedition Act, which I know from my work as a John Adams and American Revolution scholar, reveals a more complicated calculus. At a time when the current presidential ...

Here’s what to know about the law and how it’s been used against non-citizens throughout American history. The Alien Enemies Act was one of four 1798 laws known as the Alien and Sedition Acts ...

"The Sedition Act made it a crime for American citizens to 'print, utter, or publish … any false, scandalous, and malicious writing’ about the government." The National Archives notes the ...

So the Sedition Act was used. It was deeply unpopular ... Finally, in World War II, it paved the way for Japanese Americans to be forcibly removed to relocation centers. TICHENOR: That is what ...

Just seven years after ratifying the First Amendment, America faced one of its earliest tests of free speech. The Sedition Act of 1798, pushed by the Federalist Party and President John Adams ...

would escalate the quasi-war into a full-scale national war with America. Although Adams had not requested the alien and sedition acts, he signed them into law to appease his frothing Federalist ...

the rights of American citizens are at risk. The year was 1798, a time of tension with France. President John Adams was about to sign the Alien and Sedition Acts, including the Alien Enemies Act ...

The newly built USS Constitution was ready to set sail for the Caribbean to protect American merchant ships from French privateers. The Sedition Act wouldn’t be the last time a fearful U.S ...