Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Nullify Chapter 2: Jefferson on Strategy

Post author:Tenth Amendment Center
Post published:October 30, 2016
Post category:Network Archives Sovereignty Tenth Amendment Center

For nullification, Thomas Jefferson opposed an all-or-nothing strategy.

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions: Rooted in the Deep Soil of Liberty

Post author:Tenth Amendment Center
Post published:July 21, 2016
Post category:Network Archives Sovereignty Tenth Amendment Center

Nullification is basic bread and butter contract theory: an injunction placed upon further breach.

Rewriting Nullification History, With the Truth

Post author:Tenth Amendment Center
Post published:March 11, 2016
Post category:Network Archives Sovereignty Tenth Amendment Center

In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about a recently published academic paper that obliterates conventional thinking about nullification and interposition. In 1798, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison penned the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts. These documents, approved by the Kentucky and Virginia state legislatures,…