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The Year Another Capitol Siege Almost Took Place on the Hill

In 1800, the country struggled to survive its first transition of power between John Adams, America’s first one-term president, and Thomas Jefferson, thanks to political intrigue, chaos and panic.

Free Speech Has Always Been an Uncomfortable American Principle

The Alien and Sedition Acts got America off on a bit of a sprained ankle, as far as free speech goes. And today we have.whatever is going on at Twitter to launch us off into new debates about its limits.

Thinking It Through: Defending the nation of free speech (part II)

Thinking It Through: Advocates of sedition laws make strange bedfellows

Thinking It Through: Advocates of sedition laws make strange bedfellows By Richard Reeb For the Victorville Daily Press In the early 1960s, there was considerable campus debate about the freedoms of speech and press. This arose from the fact that federal and state governments in those days were concerned about Communist Party influence. But hanging like a pall over this effort was a parallel revulsion against the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin Republican who had been censured by his Senate colleagues for abusing his authority as chairman of the Government Operations Committee in his investigations of Communist influence in the federal government.

The Year Another Capitol Siege Almost Took Place on the Hill

The Year Another Capitol Siege Almost Took Place on the Hill In 1800, the country struggled to survive its first transition of power between John Adams, America’s first one-term president, and Thomas Jefferson, thanks to political intrigue, chaos and panic. Clay Jenkinson, Editor-at-Large   |   January 8, 2021 The election of 1800 keeps coming back to inform, console and trouble us. John Adams was the incumbent. Thomas Jefferson was the challenger. After one of the most vituperative elections in American history, Jefferson emerged the winner. He had 73 electoral votes, Adams just 65. Thus, Adams became America’s first one-term president. There have been nine, depending a bit on how you count. Donald Trump is the latest. Before him, it was George H.W. Bush.