John Adams signed the Sedition Act in an attempt to silence dissent. Some other Founding Fathers thought that muzzling the press would mean the end of the republic.

President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798​ to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members kicked off a legal battle.​ ...

The Trump administration deported of 137 Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Judge James E. Boasberg ...

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 ...

With the 1798 Alien Enemies Law in the news as the Trump administration attempts to remove foreign nationals from the United States without the ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive proclamation invoking the use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport members of Tren de ...

The legal question here isn’t necessarily what the administration is doing; it's how the administration is doing it.

Newsweek has reached out to the White House on Thursday afternoon for comment.

The president’s invocation of the wartime law enacted in 1798 was quickly blocked by a federal judge. It had only been used ...

President Trump reposted an article on social media accusing judges of "sedition and treason" when they overturn executive ...