Kentucky Resolution - Ari Sclar

Resolved, That a committee of conference and correspondence be appointed, who shall have in charge to communicate the preceding resolutions to the Legislatures of the several States …that in cases of an abuse of the delegated powers, the members of the general government, being chosen by the people, a change by the people would be the constitutional remedy; but, where powers are assumed which have not been delegated, a nullification of the act is the

rightful remedy: that every State has a natural right in cases not within the compact, (casus non fœderis) to nullify of their own authority all assumptions of power by others within their limits: that without this right, they would be under the dominion, absolute and unlimited, of whosoever might exercise this right of judgment for them…

• Kentucky Resolutions, 1798

1. What led Kentucky to issue this this specific resolution? Specify how the author understands the relationship between the states and the federal government.

2. Cite ONE example of the Federalist Party adopting a similar approach to Federal-State relations.