Question

The concept that states had the right to "null and void any laws they considered unconstitutional" was part of which of the following?

• A. the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
• B. the Alien and Sedition Acts
• C. Twelfth Amendment
• D. the XYZ Affair
• E. Washington's Farewell Address

Answer 1

The correct option is A the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

The concept that states had the right to "null and void any laws they considered unconstitutional" was part of Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions.
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolution were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.