Today in history: Thomas Jefferson was born on Apr. 13, 1743.
Known as the principle author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson’s other “declaration” is not as well-known. That is, the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798.
In his original draft of the Resolutions, he wrote:
“Where powers are assumed which have not been delegated, a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy: that every State has a natural right in cases not within the compact, (casus non foederis,) to nullify of their own authority all assumptions of power by others within their limits: that without this right, they would be under the dominion, absolute and unlimited, of whosoever might exercise this right of judgment for them”
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