
Nullification Wasn’t Invented by Thomas Jefferson.
• Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: February 5th, 2021 •
While some people may believe that Thomas Jefferson invented the doctrine of nullification – because he called it the “rightful remedy” for acts outside the Constitution – he was merely reiterating long-held views on the limits of government power, and strategies to resist them when he drafted the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798.