The prosecution will raise a preliminary objection against former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s application to refer legal questions regarding certain provisions in the Sedition Act 1948 to ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution will file a preliminary objection against former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's application to refer a legal question concerning the Sedition Act 1948 to ...

PETALING JAYA: The government must immediately suspend the operation of the Sedition Act 1948 and then repeal it at the next Parliamentary sitting, several groups have said. They said it was ...

The prosecution will file a preliminary objection against former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin's application to refer a legal question concerning the Sedition Act 1948 to the Federal Court.

President John Adams signed the Alien Enemies Act in July 1798 as the United States came to the brink of war with France. One in a suite of four laws collectively known as the Alien and Sedition ...

They were known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts and were enacted by the Adams’s Federalist Party Congress in response to mounting belligerent acts by the French against U.S. ships.

President Trump reposted an article on social media accusing judges of "sedition and treason" when they overturn executive actions.

The Alien Enemies Act was one of four 1798 laws known as the Alien and Sedition Acts—a set of controversial statutes that emerged during a tenuous moment in the fledgling nation’s history.

Col. Richard Mepania. The QCPD on Monday announced that it filed the sedition complaint against Fontillas in connection with the Cybercrime Prevention Act. In a now-deleted post originally ...

So in 1798, the Federalists tried to quell domestic opposition by passing the Alien and Sedition Acts, a series of controversial laws that banned political dissent by limiting free speech.

The use of the Alien and Sedition Acts to target a group pre-supposed to be hostile to Adams’s political agenda was based entirely on a desire to target political enemies. Particular people ...

Nicole Brown Chau is a deputy managing editor for CBSNews.com. She writes and edits national news, health stories, explainers and more. The March 15 order was upheld by a federal appeals court on ...