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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Acts, Bills, and Laws, 1798
Since Congress was firmly controlled by the Federalists, the fight against the Alien and Sedition Acts moved to the state legislatures in late 1798. James Madison prepared the Virginia Resolutions and Thomas Jefferson wrote the Kentucky Resolutions. Both followed a similar argument: The states had the duty to nullify within their borders those laws that were unconstitutional.
Nothing concrete resulted from the passage of these resolutions; no other states followed with similar actions. The death of George Washington in 1799 helped to quiet tempers, and the Alien and Sedition Acts soon expired or were repealed. However, the issue of nullification had been put on the table.
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