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Because the supreme court had not yet established its sole right to nullify legislation, Republicans turned to state legislatures in hopes of reversing the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Nullification Crisis, in American history, conflict between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–1833, resulting from the former's attempt to proclaim the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void within the state. The nullification doctrine, a constitutional theory that supported states' rights to void federal actions inside their borders, was weakened by the federal government's successful resolution of the nullification issue.
The Federalist Papers thus suggest that the federal courts, not the states, had the authority to declare federal laws unlawful. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798, which were a protest against the Alien and Sedition Acts, contain the earliest mention of the notions of nullification and interposition.
A group of four laws known as the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed in 1798 and imposed limitations on speech and immigration. The Alien Friends Act granted the president the authority to imprison and deport noncitizens, the Alien Enemies Act offered the president further authority to keep noncitizens during times of war, and the Sedition Act made it unlawful to make false or malicious claims about the federal government.
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