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 ...

Stengel is an MSNBC analyst and the former Editor of TIME. The U.S. Supreme Court is shown on March 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Stengel is an MSNBC analyst and the former Editor of TIME. President ...