question archive These Resolutions attempted to refuse the federal government's Alien and Sedition Acts, claiming them unconstitutional
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These Resolutions attempted to refuse the federal government's Alien and Sedition Acts, claiming them unconstitutional. The states' Resolutions tried to (in a broad sense) make the claim that states had the ability to rule if federal laws were constitutional and then refuse to follow them if deemed unconditional.