Questions over unusual US laws

What were the politics that led to the passing of the Posse Comitatus Act, and the Alien and Sedition Acts?

What could have led to those laws?
 
What were the politics that led to the passing of the Posse Comitatus Act, and the Alien and Sedition Acts?

What could have led to those laws?

The Posse Comitatus Act was designed to prohibit the President from declaring martial law absent a major breakdown in order. In theory, anyway. In practice it was to make sure that the President couldn't force states to combat the more violent anti-Reconstruction groups.

The Alien and Sedition Acts were simply meant to stifle political opposition.
 
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