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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
1798

Since Congress was firmly controlled by the Federalists, the fight against the Alien and Sedition Acts moved to the state legislatures in late 1798. James Madison prepared the Virginia Resolutions and Thomas Jefferson wrote the Kentucky Resolutions. Both followed a similar argument: The states had the duty to nullify within their borders those laws that were unconstitutional.

Nothing concrete resulted from the passage of these resolutions; no other states followed with similar actions. The death of George Washington in 1799 helped to quiet tempers, and the Alien and Sedition Acts soon expired or were repealed. However, the issue of nullification had been put on the table.

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The Avalon Project : Kentucky Resolution - Alien and Sedition Acts
... 1799 See also: The Virginia Resolution The Alien Act The Sedition Act RESOLUTIONS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THE representatives of the good people of this commonwealth in general assembly convened, having maturely considered the answers of sundry ...
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/kenres.htm

From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents: Kentucky Resolution (1799): Quote
... Resolution (1799) Quotation Information *** Text *** Title :The Kentucky Resolution (1799) Creator : Subject : Description : Publisher :Department of Alfa-informatica, University of Groningen Contributors :George Welling, Garry Wiersema Date ...
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/D/1776-1800/constitution/kent0.htm

Kentucky Newspapers and Kentucky Press
... English Kentucky New Era Hopkinsville English Kentucky Post Covington English Kentucky Standard Bardstown English Leader News Greenville English Lebanon Enterprise, The Lebanon English Ledger Independent Maysville English Lewis County Herald ...
http://www.uselections.com/usnewspapers/kentucky.htm

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