www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/adams-passes-first-of-alien-and-sedition-acts&ved=2ahUKEwiL_5GH-ubpAhWTXM0KHT6KCEgQFjATegQIARAC&usg=AOvVaw20wlucZDoqHyjerVjVZw6X&cf=1 The Alien Enemies Act, which Adams signed on July 6, gave him the power to deport any alien living in the U.S. with ties to U.S. wartime enemies. Finally, the Sedition Act, passed on July 14, gave Adams tremendous power to define treasonable activity including any false, scandalous and malicious writing.
The intended targets of the Sedition Act were newspaper, pamphlet and broadside publishers who printed what he considered to be libelous articles aimed primarily at his administration.
Please Mr.President,, release your inner John Adams !
( If it was good enough for my ancestor,,it is good enough for you Mr.Trump /-)