Scholars have described the Alien and Sedition Acts as “ reprehensible,” and many quote Thomas Jefferson, who feared they could mean the end of the republic.

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 Alien Enemies and Alien Friends laws of 1798, and their partner in crime the Sedition Law (meant literally), were dreamt up by members of the Adams cabinet with personal rivalry, not national ...

President Trump is considering invoking the Alien Enemies Act, a law that is 200+ years old, to further his mass deportation agenda.

The Alien Enemies Act is part of the four Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, which Congress passed as the U.S. stood on the brink of war with France.

Collectively, this legislation is known as the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Democratic-Republicans opposed the whole package as unconstitutional, but it was the Sedition Act that tainted Adams ...

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 ...