It’s an alarming accusation, and when it is made, it is often a serious danger to free expression. In many nations, including the U.S., the threat of sedition prosecutions has been used to criminalize ...

The Alien Act was enacted by John Adams’s Federalist administration in preparation for a war that didn’t actually happen. In 1798, President John Adams signed a series of four bills designed to ...

Not since the Adams administration has there been more talk of sedition in the United States. After Democratic congressional members posted a video encouraging military personnel to refuse to follow ...