Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions: Introduction to Nullification
The Constitution placed strict limits on the federal government. What do we do when it oversteps its bounds? Imagine that Congress passes, and the president signs, a series of laws granting the executive branch the power to deport non-citizens or immigrants from...
The Jefferson Letters, Vol. 1: The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from the newly-released ebook, The Jefferson Letters, Vol. 1: The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. Available as a free download for all TAC members.ย Get it here. In 1798, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison penned...
This Week in History: Madison’s Virginia Resolutions Pass in 1798
By December 1798, the United States was in a full-blown constitutional crisis, and James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were stealthily leading the fight to pushย the federal government back within its prescribed limits. During the summer of that year, Congress passed...
Today in History: Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 Signed; What We’ve Forgotten
On this day, November 16, 1798, Governor James Garrard of Kentucky signed the first of two landmark pieces of legislation known to history as the Kentucky Resolutions. The resolution was passed by the Kentucky state House on November 10, 1798 and by the Senate on...