Alien and Sedition Acts: Tough-o-Meter

    Alien and Sedition Acts: Tough-o-Meter

      (9) Mount Everest

      Yikes. It's like they're intentionally hiding the purpose of the Acts from you…almost as if the writers knew eventually history would turn on them.

      These things are written in the legalese of the late 18th century. It's practically a whole other language. Just calm down, read them slowly, maybe even out loud. There's a reason every word is there, but sometimes it's tough to figure out what that reason might be.