The Alien Act was enacted by John Adams’s Federalist administration in preparation for a war that didn’t actually happen. In 1798, President John Adams signed a series of four bills designed to ...
Or so I've decided to call it, in honor of the 225th anniversary of the vote on renewing the Sedition Act of 1798. The Sedition Act of 1798 famously expired on March 3, 1801, and purported to punish ...
President Donald Trump is channeling President John Adams. Trump is subpoenaing reporters, suing news companies and siccing legal lapdogs on critics. Adams attacked detractors with the Sedition Act of ...