As readers would hope from a book about free speech, this one is filled with glorious insults—the first man charged under the Sedition Act accused John Adams's administration of "unbounded ...

President Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan migrants suspected of being members of the Tren de Aragua gang quickly kicked off a legal battle. A federal judge ...

Congress passed the Alien Enemies Act as part of the four Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 when the U.S. was about to go to war with France. The law, invoked during World Wars I and II and the War ...

The Alien Enemies Act was one of four 1798 laws known as the Alien and Sedition Acts—a set of controversial statutes that emerged during a tenuous moment in the fledgling nation’s history.

to return to the U.S. The 1798 act was signed into law by President John Adams along with three other bills. They were known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts and were enacted by the ...

President John Adams signed the Alien Enemies Act in July 1798 as the United States came to the brink of war with France. One in a suite of four laws collectively known as the Alien and Sedition ...

Therefore, then-President John Adams passed the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 amid the potential threat ... The law was part of the Four Alien and Sedition Acts and was used only three times in ...

passed the Alien Enemies Act as part of the four Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 as the U.S. stood on the brink of war with France. "There was a lot of fear-mongering about French supporters in ...

Below is a look at the act and how it has been used in the past. The Alien Enemies Act was enacted in 1798 to combat spying and sabotage during tensions with France. It authorizes the president to ...