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The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional. The resolutions argued that the states had the right and the duty to declare unconstitutional acts of Congress that were not authorized by the Constitution. In doing so, they argued for states' rights and strict constructionism of the Constitution. The Kentucky and Virginia Resol
passed a series of four laws collectively called the Alien and Sedition Acts. The fourth of these laws, the Sedition Act, prohibited âany false, scandalous and maliciousâ writings and utterances against the government and its officials. It called for fines and jail penalties for anyone speaking, writing, or publishing