Opinion
Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go
John Adams signed the Sedition Act in an attempt to silence dissent. Some other Founding Fathers thought that muzzling the press would mean the end of the republic.
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Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go
Marianne Holdzkom, Kennesaw State University (THE CONVERSATION) When John Adams ... even invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 – which Adams signed into law alongside the Sedition Act ...