Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

New Evidence: The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 Were All About Nullification

by Mike Maharrey | Jan 9, 2021 | History, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, Nullification

Nullification skeptics will often argue that the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 weren’t actually proposing nullification. They base their argument on the fact that John Breckinridge removed specific references to nullification from Jefferson’s draft before...

Today in History: Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 Passed

by Mike Maharrey | Nov 10, 2020 | History, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, Nullification, Thomas Jefferson

Today in history, on Nov. 10. 1798, the Kentucky legislature took a bold stand against federal overreach with the passage of resolutions penned by Thomas Jefferson. It’s one thing to claim the Constitution limits the federal government to its specific list of...

Marshall and Madison on Immigration Power

by Michael D. Ramsey | Oct 16, 2019 | Constitution, Immigration and Naturalization, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

I’ve now had time to read and think about John Marshall’s comments on Congress’ power over immigration (or, strictly speaking, the comments in the 1799 report of the minority of the Virginia Legislature, attributed to Marshall), recommended by Kurt...

A Christmas Gift from James Madison: The Virginia Resolutions of 1798

by Mike Maharrey | Dec 21, 2018 | James Madison, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Resolutions drafted by James Madison and passed by Virginia on Dec. 21 and 24, 1798, answer a timeless question: What do we do when the federal government oversteps its constitutional bounds? All too often, we simply ignore unconstitutional federal overreach. But...

This Week in History: Virginia Passes James Madison’s Resolutions of 1798

by Mike Maharrey | Dec 22, 2017 | James Madison, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

This article is featured in is today’s Tenther newsletter, which everyone in the nullification movement gets daily or weekly. Be one of them – and Become a member here to support the TAC. On Christmas Eve, 1798, the Virginia Senate gave final approval to a proposal...

Today in History: Kentucky Resolutions Signed on Nov. 16, 1798

by Mike Maharrey | Nov 16, 2017 | Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, Thomas Jefferson

Would the proposed Constitution create the limited federal government promised? That was the central question facing the ratifying conventions as America considered adopting the new Constitution. Those in favor of ratification swore it would. But many remained...

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