Sedition Acts of 1798
Type
Case
Week
Week 4
Course
LA 50: Constitutional Law
Definition
In 1798, President John Adams signed the Alien and Sedition Acts, which were passed by the Federalist-dominated 5th United States Congress. They made it harder for an immigrant to become a citizen, allowed the president to imprison and deport non-citizens who were known as dangerous or who were from a hostile nation, and criminalized making 'false statements' critical of the federal government