John Adams pushed for the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798. According to historians, one consequence of the Alien
and Sedition Acts was that A.
immigrants became naturalized citizens faster.
B.
citizens staged boycotts to protest the laws.
C.
John Adams deported thousands of immigrants.
D.
John Adams failed to win reelection.
The United States is a common law system, which means law is built on cases that came before it. So a Justice, and any Judge/lawyer, looks to precedent when deciding how to proceed in a case.
