B.) They declared the Alien and Sedition Acts void within their borders.
The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions, made in opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts claimed that the states could nullify any actions by the federal government that they judged unconstitutionally.
B.) They declared the Alien and Sedition Acts void within their borders.
Explanation:
Kentucky and Virginia passed Resolutions in 1798 that argued against the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. Both states defended that the federal government did not have the authority to exercise power that was not specifically delegated to it by the US Constitution.
The Alien and Sedition Acts were laws that were passed and signed into law by President John Adams, they made harder for immigrants become citizens and allowed the president to imprison and deport noncitizen who were considered dangerous.
