Kentucky Resolutions

Kentucky Resolutions
A set of proposals formulated by THOMAS JEFFERSON and approved by the state legislature of Kentucky during 1798 and 1799 in opposition to the enactment of the Alien and Sedition Acts (1 Stat. 566, 570, 577, 596) by Congress.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


Kentucky Resolutions
A set of proposals formulated by thomas jefferson and approved by the state legislature of Kentucky during 1798 and 1799 in opposition to the enactment of the alien and sedition acts (1 Stat. 566, 570, 577, 596) by Congress.

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