sedition
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John Adams pushed Congress in 1798 to pass the Alien and Sedition Acts, measures that allowed the government to deport and otherwise persecute critics of the administration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Jacob Ware is a terrorism researcher and the co-author of “God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is the last of the notorious Alien and Sedition Acts to remain on the books, and it is suddenly in the headlines.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024
In October 2023, the Privy Council in London, which is Trinidad and Tobago's highest appeal court, dismissed an appeal challenging the constitutionality of sections of the former British colony's Sedition Act.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2024
His core argument was that the Sedition Act was unconstitutional because it violated the natural rights of the citizens of each state to control their own domestic affairs.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing sedition
American History I
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