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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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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Marianne Holdzkom, Kennesaw State University (THE CONVERSATION) When John Adams ...