The Alien and Sedition Acts was enacted by John Adams’s Federalist administration in preparation for a war that didn’t ...

What is the Alien Enemies Act? It's an 18th-century law that allows the president to detain or deport immigrants from ...

The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is not merely a relic of a darker era in American history—it is a live wire capable of ...

So that's where the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 came out. RUND ABDELFATAH, BYLINE: The Alien and Sedition Acts were made up of four laws. The most famous and controversial one was the ...

Rep. Matthew Lyon of Vermont—who would later become the first person to be tried, convicted, and jailed for violating the Alien and Sedition Acts and then the only person to be elected to ...