THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Laws that declare states have the right to nullify (cancel) any acts passed by Congress that the state believes are unconstitutional
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Laws that limit immigration and silence certain newspapers
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Laws that emancipate (free) the slave population
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Laws that declare states will never have the right to nullify (cancel) any federal laws
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799 in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
Detailed explanation-2: -Drafted in secret by future Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the resolutions condemned the Alien and Sedition Acts as unconstitutional and claimed that because these acts overstepped federal authority under the Constitution, they were null and void.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Kentucky Resolution of 1798 represents a notable historical attempt by a state to nullify federal laws. Nullification in this context refers to the constitutional theory that states have the power to invalidate federal laws, treaties, or judicial decisions they find to be in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Kentucky Resolutions, authored by Jefferson, went further than Madison’s Virginia Resolution and asserted that states had the power to nullify unconstitutional federal laws.