So, you know how here has been tension with France lately? Well, things were getting out of hand and Adam's was blaming the immigrants ans Democrat-Republicans for all the chaos. To stop this, Federal congress passed the acts
We have decided to clamp down on freedom of press!
You Can't!
You can't do that!
The Alien and Sedition acts have been passed by the Federalist to protect America. It forbids anyone from criticizing the federal government.
Isn't that against the freedom of speech and press
Hey, my name is Thomas Jefferson and if you are French we can't be friends
Oh and I'm Madison
Same here, but these new acts s give the President power to throw people out of the country for speaking against the government which goes against the first amendment
A bunch of people were under charge this act(25 democratic-republican and 10
They found a theory called "states rights". According to this theory states had rights that the federal government could not violate. Jefferson and Madison wrote revolutions (or statements) passed by the Kentucky and Virginia legislate in 1798 and 1799
A state can invalidate a Federal law within the state
A state can also place itself between the Federal Government and its citizen.
The Alien and Sedition Acts don't really expire for a few more years but we are still told that they are "over"
The Alien and Sedition Acts are finally over
I propose nullification, the idea that a state could nullify a federal law within the state
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