Alien and Sedition Acts

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A series of laws, passed during the presidency of John Adams at the end of the eighteenth century, that sought to restrict the public activities of political radicals who sympathized with the French Revolution and criticized Adams's Federalist policies. In response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson wrote the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, which asserted states' rights.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
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Groups like CAIR and leading intellectuals and imams have been denouncing acts like these for years.
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As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
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Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

He was also swept about in the music of D.C., a scene which gave rise to such acts as Fugazi and Thievery Corporation.
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But if God made man, then God is responsible for all man's acts and thoughts, and therefore man cannot sin against God.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
It was at this parliament that the famous acts against horse racing and deceitful gaming were passed.
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She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
He accuses the latter of various illegal and crafty acts, among them sending contraband gold and jewels to Mexico.
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The member banks should look upon the reserve bank not as an alien but as their own institution.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips