The first of them was initially intended to be presented by Wilson Cary Nicholas, though the author decided on a change of venue, while the shorter latter one was introduced to the General Assembly by John Taylor.
The first of them was initially intended to be presented by Wilson Cary Nicholas, though the author decided on a change of venue, while the shorter latter one was introduced to the General Assembly by John Taylor. The first set consisted of nine statements, which emphasized the importance of the Tenth Amendment and offered a "rightful remedy" for violations of the "compact" created by the Constitution. The latter of them, which asserted both the loyalty of "the good people of this commonwealth" and the danger of government attempts to limit freedom of the press, was written by James Madison, who followed Thomas Jefferson's authorship of the former ones. Released in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, these are, FTP, what set of statements that introduced the doctrine of nullification and were named for the two states in which they were presented?
The first of them was initially intended to be presented by Wilson Cary Nicholas, though the author decided on a change of venue, while the shorter latter one was introduced to the General Assembly by John Taylor.
{Kentucky} and {Virginia} Resolutions (accept either order)