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The Kentucky Resolutions of 1799, while claiming the right of nullification, did not assert that individual states could exercise that right. Rather, nullification was described as an action to be taken by "the several states" who formed the Constitution. The Kentucky Resolutions thus ended up proposing joint action, as did the Virginia Resolution.
The Assembly session began in early December. Once at Richmond, Madison began drafting the Report, [14] though he was delayed by a weeklong battle with dysentery. [15] On December 23, Madison moved for the creation of a special seven-member committee with himself as chairman to respond to "certain answers from several of the states, relative to the communications made by the Virginia ...
Pages in category "Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The resolutions that the committee brought to the floor on November 10 became known as the Kentucky Resolutions. [77] The first seven were exactly as Jefferson had written them, but Breckinridge modified the last two, eliminating Jefferson's suggestion of nullifying the unpopular acts. [78]
A Senate resolution that called many Jan. 6 riot defendants "wrongfully detained" has stalled, but a separate filing was approved by the Kentucky GOP.
A new, Republican-led joint resolution would declare Kentucky "a sanctuary state" from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's regulations on fossil fuel-fired power plants, directing the state ...
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