In writing my new book, "Thomas Jefferson and the Kentucky Constitution," I never dreamed it would have relevance today in its description of Kentucky's strong reaction in 1798 to the passage by ...

This blog was updated on March 26, 2025. Even before President Donald Trump took office, he repeatedly used “invasion” rhetoric to divide our communities and advance an anti-immigrant agenda. Last ...

Seditious behavior punishable by death. That's how President Trump responded to former military members and intelligence officials who are now current Congress members after they put out this video.

President Trump is invoking an 18th-century wartime law that will allow the federal government to detain or deport people who are natives and citizens of countries deemed foreign adversaries — a move ...

From the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 to McCarthy-era Hollywood blacklists, American history is marked by a cycle of recurring attempts to police dissent and control narratives that may even ...