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	Alien and Sedition Acts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Alien and Sedition Acts were acts of Congress passed during the administration of President John Adams; his signature made them into law on July 14, 1798.
		For example, the Republicans and a number of moderate Federalists successfully added language to the Sedition Act that by its terms required "a false, scandalous and malicious writing", pointing to the trial of John Peter Zenger that established that colonial courts might treat truth as a defense to libel.
		The Alien and Sedition Acts were not appealed to the Supreme Court for review, though individual Supreme Court Justices, sitting in circuit, heard many of the cases prosecuting opponents of the Federalists.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts (1290 words)

	Alien and Sedition Acts of the United States 1798.
		An Act supplementary to and to amend the act, entitled "An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization;" and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject.
		That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel.
		Resolved, That alien friends are under the jurisdiction and protection of the laws of the State wherein they are: that no power over them has been delegated to the United States, nor prohibited to the individual States, distinct from their power over citizens.
	www.napoleon-series.org /research/government/us/c_alien.html (1263 words)

	Alien and Sedition Acts: Primary Documents of American History (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congress)
		These acts increased the residency requirement for American citizenship from five to fourteen years, authorized the president to imprison or deport aliens considered "dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States" and restricted speech critical of the government.
		Representative John Breckinridge introduced the Kentucky Resolution to the Kentucky Legislature in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts.
		The Kentucky Resolution was secretly authored by Thomas Jefferson in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts.
	www.loc.gov /rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Alien.html (593 words)

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		To examine the Alien and Sedition Act of 1798 in a historical context we must first examine the laws that were passed against the press, see the historical reasoning behind them, and finally come to some legal and ethical conclusions about the seditious libel laws.
		The Sedition Act of 1798 was an expansion on the British form, however, the law was a liberalized form of the English version.
		The Sedition Act of 1798 made sure that the Jeffersonian newspapers were silenced from their criticism about the XYZ affair and their views of the Federalist Congress.
	www.angelfire.com /mac/dgoldeniz/sedition.html (2666 words)

	Talk:Alien and Sedition Acts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The text of the Acts specifies that the Alien Acts were to expire two years after passage, and the Sedition Act was to expire in 1801.
		We have a wikipedia article on the sedition act giving more info, but no articles on the two alien acts giving their texts.
		The Alien Acts, unlike the sedition act, were never used by the government except as a threat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Alien_and_Sedition_Acts (667 words)

	Alien and Sedition Acts - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		The Sedition Act, however it is looked at, was a direct violation of the First Amendment of the United States Bill of Rights, which granted the right of free speech.
		The Acts were all repealed or expired by 1802, and ultimately contributed to the Federalists' loss in the election of 1800.
		In another, less recent, parallel, a sedition law subsequent to the Act of 1798, the Sedition Act of 1918, is far more narrowly construed, taking effect only during wartime, and within the scope of military operations.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=3173 (518 words)

	MILESTONE HISTORIC DOCUMENTS - THE ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS OF 1798
		Known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts, the legislation sponsored by the Federalists was also intended to quell any political opposition from the Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson.
		This act required that aliens be residents for 14 years instead of 5 years before they became eligible for U.S. citizenship.
		Indeed, public opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts was so great that they were in part responsible for the election of Thomas Jefferson, a Republican, to the presidency in 1800.
	www.earlyamerica.com /earlyamerica/milestones/sedition (311 words)

	Alien and Sedition Acts - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Alien and Sedition Acts, in American political history, four laws passed in 1798.
		The Hamilton Federalists added substance to those fears by pushing through Congress laws, known as the Alien and Sedition Acts, restricting the...
		Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, resolutions adopted in 1798 by the legislatures of Kentucky and Virginia to protest against the enactment by the...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Alien_and_Sedition_Acts.html (175 words)

	Search Results for "Sedition"
		...Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798, four laws enacted by the Federalist-controlled U.S. Congress, allegedly in response to the hostile actions of the French Revolutionary...
		...Alien and Sedition Acts A series of laws, passed during the presidency of John Adams at the end of the eighteenth century, that sought to restrict the public activities...
		...obvious example of that Federalist lack of common sense was the passage of the Alien and Sedition laws in 1797 to protect the government and its chief officers from...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Sedition (318 words)

	SparkNotes: The First Years of the Union (1797-1809): The Alien and Sedition Acts
		John Adams signed the Alien and Sedition Acts during June and July 1798, but it was only with the gravest misgivings that he did so, for the acts asserted the power of the central government to an unprecedented extent.
		The second Act, the Alien Friends Act, was effective during peacetime, and allowed the president to deport any citizen of any foreign nation who he decided posed a threat to the nation while inside its borders.
		The Sedition Act clearly infringed upon the right to free speech guaranteed in the First Amendment, considered by many to be the most sacred passage in the Constitution.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/american/firstyears/section2.rhtml (1251 words)

	The Alien and Sedition Acts
		The Federalists believed that Democratic-Republican criticism of Federalist policies was disloyal and feared that aliens living in the United States would sympathize with the French during a war.
		These laws raised the residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years, authorized the President to deport aliens and permitted their arrest, imprisonment, and deportation during wartime.
		Sedition Act trials, along with the Senats use of its contempt powers to suppress dissent, set off a firestorm of criticism against the Federalists and contributed to their defeat in the election of 1800, after which the acts were repealed or allowed to expire.
	www.classbrain.com /artteenst/publish/alien_sedition_acts.shtml (217 words)

	Alien and Sedition Acts, Lesson Plans, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson
		The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 challenged the Bill of Rights, but ultimately led to a new American definition of freedom of speech and the press.
		The U.S. Sedition Act first outlawed conspiracies "to oppose any measure or measures of the government." Going further, the act made it illegal for anyone to express "any false, scandalous and malicious writing" against Congress or the president.
		The act also left it to the jury to decide if a defendant had "bad intent." Penalties for different provisions of the law ranged from six months to five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000 (more than $100,000 in today's dollars).
	www.crf-usa.org /terror/alien_sedition_acts.htm (2092 words)

	The Alien and Sedition Acts
		The Naturalization Act increased from 5 to 14 the number of years a non-American had to be living in America before he or she could become an American citizen.
		The Alien Act allowed the President to force non-Americans he thought dangerous to leave the country.
		The Sedition Act made it a crime to do "any false, scandalous and malicious writing." This resulted in the jailing of 25 newspaper editors, most of them Democratic-Republicans.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /wwww/us/alienandseditionactsdef.htm (155 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Alien and Sedition Acts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Alien and Sedition Acts ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS [Alien and Sedition Acts] 1798, four laws enacted by the Federalist-controlled U.S. Congress, allegedly in response to the hostile actions of the French Revolutionary government on the seas and in the councils of diplomacy (see XYZ Affair), but actually designed to destroy
		sedition SEDITION [sedition], in law, acts or words tending to upset the authority of a government.
		Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS [Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions] in U.S. history, resolutions passed in opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts, which were enacted by the Federalists in 1798.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/00344.html (632 words)

	Free Essay Alien and Sedition Acts
		To protest the Alien and Sedition Acts, the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were written to show that the acts were unconstitutional.
		The act stated that in time of war, the President of the United States has the right to take action against any person who was a citizen of the country the United States was at war with.
		The President was given the power to act against the citizens of the country at war with the United States, as long as the person was a male, not a citizen of the United States, and at least the age of fourteen years old.
	www.echeat.com /essay.php?t=27226 (1206 words)

	American Experience \| John & Abigail Adams \| People & Events \| PBS
		John Adams called the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 "war measures." To opponents, they were unconstitutional and indefensible.
		The Alien Acts comprised two separate acts: The Alien Friends Act, which empowered the president to deport any alien whom he considered dangerous; and the Alien Enemies Act, which allowed the deportation of any alien who hailed from a country at war with the United States.
		The Sedition Act authorized the punishment of any person authoring or printing "false, scandalous and malicious writing" against the Congress or the president which was intended to "defame...
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/adams/peopleevents/e_alien.html (641 words)

	HTI Lesson Plan: English-Indian Encounters
		The passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798 amid fears of war with France exacerbated the growing rift between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans.
		Democratic-Republicans charged that enforcement of the Sedition Act was intended to suppress the Republican opposition, and freedom of the press became an issue.
		To explore the ways in which the issues raised by the Alien and Sedition Acts were instrumental in antebellum political conflicts, as well as today’s issues.
	www.txstate.edu /teachamhistory/lessons/HTILPAlienSedition.htm (1200 words)

	World War I and the Suppression of Dissent, Part 1 (FD 4/02)
		The acts had been pushed forward by the federalists —; those who favored a strong federal government and a loose interpretation of the Constitution: the federalists dominated Congress.
		Alien enemies could not depart the United States without permission and they were required to register with the government to receive a registration card.
		Aliens were banned from air travel and from the District of Columbia.
	www.fff.org /freedom/fd0204f.asp (1357 words)

	PlanetPapers - The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
		The debate of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 revealed bitter controversies on a number of issues.
		This act prohibited intermingling and conspiracy against the America government and the correspondence of scandalous and malicious writings against the government or its officials, under penalty of a fine or imprisonment.
		Succeeding the Sedition Act, the Republicans turned to the states arguing that federal government had strode past their powers; the powers delegated to it by the states through the Constitution.
	www.planetpapers.com /Assets/3828.php (731 words)

	Lawrence Lessig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was in this context that the Federalists enacted the Alien and Sedition Act.
		The Alien Act empowered President Adams to arrest, detain, and deport any non-citizen he found to be a danger to the security of the nation.
		The Republicans objected that this was unconstitutional; the Federalists responded that aliens had no rights under the United States Constitution because they were not part of “We the People.” The Sedition Act effectively made it a crime for any person to criticize the President, the Congress or the Government of the United States.
	www.lessig.org /blog/archives/002343.shtml (2127 words)

	Immigration Through Time
		The Alien and Sedition Acts consists of four laws, the Naturalization Act, the Alien Act, the Alien Enemies Act, and the Sedition Act.
		The Naturalization Act raised the time of residency for naturalization from five to 14 years and the Alien Act allowed the president to arrest and deport any alien considered dangerous.
		The act froze the population of the Chinese community leaving its sex ratio highly imbalanced.
	library.thinkquest.org /20619/Timeline.html (1706 words)

	Alien and Sedition Acts
		The Sedition Law failed to coincide with this amendment in that it criminalized the exercise of free speech, and possibly of the press.
		The reason for such controversy was due to the fact that the logical end of the act of central nullification would result in the dismantling of the entire union.
		Since the Alien and Sedition Acts greatly threatened the authority of the Bill of Rights and therefore the fundamental government, it is surprising to consider that some of the opposition's responses proposed similar threats to central government.
	www.usahistory.com /essays/essay009.htm (898 words)

	The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
		And it shall be the duty of such collector or other officer of the customs, forthwith to transmit to the office of the department of state true copies of all such returns.
		And be it further enacted, That the circuits and district courts of the United States shall respectively have cognizance of all crimes and offences against this act.
		And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue to be in force until March 3, 1801, and no longer...
	www.lexrex.com /enlightened/laws/alien_sedition.html (233 words)

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		That whenever there shall be a declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or government, or any invasion or predatory incursion shall be perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States, by any foreign nation or government.
		That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defense, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel.
		That this act shall continue to be in force until March 3, 1801, and no longer.
	www.historyteacher.net /AHAP/Readings/ALien_Sedition_Acts.htm (193 words)

	The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
		There are a whole lot of similarities between Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 and the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 – and he runs them down.
		At base, the Alien and Sedition Acts prohibited criticism of the federal government and gave President Adams the power to deport any alien he viewed as suspicious.
		The Acts were seen as such a danger to liberty that there was also some discussion of resisting the measures by force and secession.
	www.justabovesunset.com /id294.html (1809 words)

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