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.

John Adams called the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 "war measures." To opponents, they were unconstitutional and indefensible. To supporters, they protected the very foundations of the nation.

It was part of the Alien and Sedition Acts, President John Adams’s lasting gift to future American autocrats that Thomas Jefferson deemed to be part of the “reign of witches.” ...

The Alien Enemies Act, in some senses, was kind of, you know, the first step in this regard. ARABLOUEI: That was the last time the law was used - until now.

Three other Alien and Sedition Acts expired at the beginning of the 19th century, but the Alien Enemies Act did not, and it became part of U.S. Code.

The Alien Enemies Act was used to during World War II to arrest and detain in internment camps or military facilities more than 30,000 suspected enemy aliens in the U.S. from Italy and Nazi Germany.

Collectively, this legislation is known as the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Democratic-Republicans opposed the whole package as unconstitutional, but it was the Sedition Act that tainted Adams ...

At a time when the current presidential administration is tightening control of the media and even invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 – which Adams signed into law alongside the Sedition Act ...