..And be it further enacted, that if any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered or published, or shall knowingly and willingly assist or aid in writing, printing, uttering or publishing any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said government, or either house of the said Congress, or the said President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute: or to excite against them. or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States or to stir up sedition within the United States .Source: Sedition Act, July 179828. In reaction to the above act, Jefferson and MadisonA asked the supreme court to declare the laws unconstitutionalB. called for

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