Part I will review the political and legislative standards of early America. This background provides the understanding of the conditions that led to the passing of the Alien and Sedition Acts. Part II will assess the constitutionality of the Acts, particularly the Sedition Act. This part will focus on the contemporary legal and political arguments from both sides of the dispute. Finally, Part III will review the legal positions of each of the Supreme Court Justices at the time of the presidency of John Adams. Here, the paper will draw from contemporary accounts to determine that the Court overwhelmingly supported the Sedition Act, even though the law facially violates the First Amendment.