Given current events, this seems like a good time for a reminder that, in 1798, President John Adams signed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish writings critical of the government. Historians often view this as one of his worst mistakes...
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After John Adams passed the #SeditionAct which punished negative press coverage, he suffered a crushing defeat to Thomas Jefferson who pardoned everyone who was convicted under this law.