Title: Nullification
Description: Asserts that nullification is the constitutional remedy envisioned by the nation's founders to be used to resist Federal power. Presents documents showing the rationale used by States in historic debates.
Subjects: Constitutional history, Politics and government, Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1798, Nullification (States' rights), Embargo, 1807-1809, Alien and Sedition laws, 1798, History, Nullification, State rights
Places: United States
People: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), James Madison (1751-1836), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), Jonathan Trumbull (1740-1809), Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774-1860)
Time periods: 1801-1809, 1829-1837, 1797-1801