Why were Democratic-Republicans up in arms over the Sedition and Alien Acts while John Adams was president? They thought the laws infringed upon people's right to free expression.
The Sedition Act trials, in addition to the Senate's use of its contempt authority to quell dissent, sparked a firestorm of condemnation against the Federalists and helped them lose the election of 1800, after which the statutes were repealed or allowed to expire.
Foreigners might be expelled under the Alien Act, which gave new immigrants a 14-year voting ban rather than a 5-year one.
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