When the federal government commits an act that is outside of its constitutional authority, states should refuse to enforce it.
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In response to the hated Alien and Sedition Acts, Thomas Jefferson drafted resolutions passed by the Kentucky legislature that included three foundational principles of the American Revolution.
The post Thomas Jefferson’s Kentucky Resolutions of 1798: An Introduction first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.In the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, Jefferson wrote that we shouldn’t give anybody in government the benefit of the doubt.
Taken together, the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798 outlined the principles of nullification. But they didn’t actually nullify anything. In fact, they were intended as just a starting point.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (April 3, 2016) – A resolution protesting and demanding an end to federal overreach based on the the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798 was introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate last month. Sen. Michael Folmer (R-Lebanon) and Sen. Mario Scavello (R-Tannersville) introduced Senate Resolution 293 (SR293) on March 7. The resolutions claims sovereignty…