The Sedition Act of 1798, being a Federal Act directly violates the 1st and 10th Constitutional Amendment. The Freedom of Speech and the Freedom of Expression along with the enlisted power for individual States and its people for executing federal laws must lie first and foremost. Carrying out the violations of the Sedation Act by Congress did go without resistance or recognition, most likely due solely to Federalists’ purposeful neglect and overlooking. Writers and journalists from which whom wrote of and spoke of their opinion were rashly prosecuted, even if some cases were of a very innocuous matter.
James Madison and Thomas Jefferson rallied against the Sedition Act stating that it was a direct violation of the United States Bill of Rights. Under the first Congressional Amendment, the Freedom of Speech and the Freedom of Expression would naturally impede the Sedition Act of 1798. In order for the United States Congress to actually enforce the Sedition Act on a person deemed criminal, the First Amendment will then be violated with the succession of the Tenth Amendment. To solidify the breaching of the Tenth Amendment, Congress would then not grant power to the State and its citizens of which can, by law of the Constitution, is able to overturn a Federal ruling. The Sedition Act is unconstitutional, although it appears there is mild disparity by