I WILL GIVE BRAINLEIST! According to Republicans, how did The Alien and Sedition Acts violate the Constitution?

The Republican minority in Congress complained that the Sedition Act violated the First Amendment to the Constitution, which protected freedom of speech and freedom of the press. ... Both argued that the federal government did not have the authority to enact laws not specified in the constitution

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