If the government were to enforce the alien act then we would be going against the constitution and would have no freedom of speech or the press. It was stated “Also, the first amendment says that the congress should not make laws limiting,”the freedom of speech or the press.” This means that harmful lies and defamation are not under the power of the federal court.” This quote states that with the freedom of speech and press that the government can not deal with any mentally harmful or offensive comments or writings that the people have to say. If the alien act was enforced then we would have our freedom of speech or press taken from us. Since we do not have the alien act with us then we have the privilege of freedom of speech and press. …show more content…
It was stated “ if we accept these acts we will surrender the form of government we have chosen. We will live under a government that gets it owns power from its own will, and not from our authority.” This quote states that if we allowed the alien act to the part taken in we would be giving the government unlimited power and have no one to control them. The alien act should not be allowed because if it’s enforced then we will live under a government who has no authority to tell them when too much power is too