Re: Treason?
The Alien Sedition Act in the Adams Administration and the Espionage Act in World War I both resulted in the imprisonment of people for opposing government policy. The Alien and Sedition Act contributed to the unpopularity of Adams and the Federalists.
Generally, people have not been prosecuted for political crimes in the United States. However, how far free speech and free press went was less clear in the early United States and in time of war.
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