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Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
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The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 had criminalized excessive criticism of government. Jefferson feared it would be used in a partisan way. The Acts violated the Tenth Amendment by encroaching on a state prerogative. Jefferson’s moderate response was nullification – drafted in The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798. Undelegated powers were not to be