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What law did John Adams pass that would be considered against the 1st Amendment today?

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the Sedition Act

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The Federalist majority in Congress passed the Sedition Act and President Adams signed it into law on July 14, 1798. It was set to expire on March 3, 1801, the last day of the first and—as it turned out—only presidential term of John Adams.

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