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 Adams’s Federalist ...

The Trump administration deported of 137 Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Judge James E. Boasberg ordered flights not to take-off, and, once they did anyway, to return t… ...

In 1798, President John Adams signed a series of four bills designed to safeguard national security in times of war. Known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts, they consisted of the Alien ...

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 ...

In 1918, during World War I, Congress passed – and President Woodrow Wilson signed – a new Sedition Act that imposed harsh penalties for speech abusing the U.S. government, the flag, the ...

The White House said later on Friday that Trump wasn't referring to the invocation but, rather, the original act signed by President John Adams in 1798. Sign In Home ...