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Many argued that the Sedition Act violated the First Amendment, which stated that âCongress shall make no law â¦ abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.â Those who defended the Sedition Act argued that the Bill of Rights prevented Congress only from make laws that created a âprior restraintâ on
The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills that were passed by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams in 1798, the result of the French Revolution and during an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War.