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Dow, Douglas C. (2009): Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798. Publisher: The First Amendment Encyclopedia presented by the John Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies. Archived from the original on August 28, 2023. The source provides a short history of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798.
Gutzman, Kevin R. C., Virginia's American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic, 1776-1840. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2007. Koch, Adrienne and Harry Ammon. "The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions: An Episode in Jefferson's and Madison's Defense of Civil Liberties." William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd series, 5 (1948): 145–176.
The term derives from the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions written in 1798 by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, respectively.They led a vocal segment of the Founding Fathers that believed that if the federal government, if it is the exclusive judge of its limitations under the US Constitution, would eventually overcome those limits and become more and more powerful and authoritarian.
Pages in category "Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
1798 – Alien and Sedition Acts [11] 1798 – the Quasi-War starts; 1798 and 1799 – Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions [12] 1798 – Charles Brockden Brown's novel Wieland published; 1799 – Charles Brockden Brown's novel Edgar Huntly published; 1799 – Fries's Rebellion; 1799 – Logan Act; 1799 – George Washington dies
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Jefferson and his allies launched a counterattack, with two states stating in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions that state legislatures could nullify acts of Congress. However, all the other states rejected this proposition, and nullification —or as it was called, the "principle of 98"—became the preserve of a faction of the Republicans ...
While the US says the resolution is non-binding, experts differ on whether that is the case. The key is in the language of the document, they say. The US allowed a Gaza ceasefire resolution to ...