Legislation giving the President the power to deport citizens of other countries and giving the government the right to imprison its critics

 Why were the Alien and Sedition Acts passed?

The Sedition Act violated the _______?

The act took direct aim at those who spoke out against Adams or the Federalist-dominated government. The new law outlawed any “false, scandalous and malicious writing” against Congress or the president, and made it illegal to conspire “to oppose any measure or measures of the government.”

A series of four laws passed by the U.S. Congress in 1798 amid widespread fear that war with France was imminent. The four laws–which remain controversial to this day–restricted the activities of foreign residents in the country and limited freedom of speech and of the press.

The Sedition Act infringed on the which amendment of the constitution.

Which rights did the Sedition Act go against in the First Amendment?