Similarities Between Alien And Sedition

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The Jeffersonians and Democratic-Republicans won the elections of 1798 and 1800. Of the 11 people actually charged under this unconstitutional law 10 were acquitted and 1 died before trial. (Fowell, The Sedition Acts) A significance is the enhanced power it gave to the Jeffersonians, the same people it was designed to stop.(Fowell, The Sedition Acts) In both cases, one's rights are negated. This is done to "protect" the nation from its "enemies." Certainly, in the case of Alien & Sedition, it went against political opposition than actual enemies. (Fowell, The Sedition Acts) Unsurprisingly the Acts backfired against the Federalists; President Adams himself never supported or used them. Only one alien was actually deported, and only ten people