Why was the alien act of 1798 unfair?

Answer 1

The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress, which was waging an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War. The Quasi-War was an undeclared war fought almost entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800. In the United States, the conflict was sometimes also referred to as the Franco-American War. They were signed into law by President John Adams. Proponents claimed the acts were designed to protect the United States from alien citizens of enemy powers and to stop seditious attacks from weakening the government. The Democratic-Republicans, like later historians, attacked them as being both unconstitutional and designed to stifle criticism of the administration, and as infringing on the right of the individual states to act in these areas.