The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 directly contradicted the Bill of Rights ratified in 1791. By prohibiting any act that was considered against the government, the Alien and Sedition Acts was a document that limited the freedom of speech that states the Bill of Rights. Also, imprisonment of any person belonging to a country that was in war with the US at the moment as established by these Acts, was something that challenged what is stated in the Bill of Rights.
