Three of the four acts expired shortly after they were signed into law in the late 1700s. One remains active—and it’s been at the center of constitutional debates ever since.

Wilson used the Alien Enemies Act to impose sweeping restrictions on the residency, work, possessions, speech and activities of foreign nationals from places that the U.S. was at war with ...

What Is Alien Enemies Act, US Law Used For First Time Since World War II The act gives the president sweeping authority to remove non-citizens without court hearings if deemed a national threat ...

Numerous published reports confirm that Trump may turn to the Alien Enemies Act as his mass deportation program ramps up. CBS devoted an entire segment to Trump's plan and what it could mean to ...

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.

The Sedition Act made it illegal to “write, print, utter or publish … any false, scandalous and malicious” statements, particularly those that might “stir up sedition within the United ...

Article continues below this ad I can’t let Adams off the hook for restricting freedom of the press, even temporarily – the Sedition Act expired in 1801 – but context is important.