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The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions were written in 1798. Kentucky's was written by Thomas Jefferson while James Madison wrote the Virginia one. Both were the result of the Alien and Sedition act passed in the same year. The purpose was to argue against Congress acting on powers that were not given to them specifically by the Constitution.

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Because it gives the states the right to declare acts of congress null and void.

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the Alien and Sedition Acts

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