<span>I think he probably meant that the Constitution is not to be set in stone and should change to fit the times, which is my the Founding Fathers put in the Amendment process.
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"A constitutional door is left open" refers to the question of whether an action is constitutional or unconstitutional. There is gray area that needs to be discussed.
The Empire was divided into several small territories...and many dynasties came to rule.
Is this an opinion I say Idaho but if not I say New Mexico
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A. These resolutions were passed by the legislatures of Kentucky and Virginia in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 and were authored by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectively.
The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 argued that each individual state has the power to declare that federal laws are unconstitutional and void. The Kentucky Resolution of 1799 added that when the states determine that a law is unconstitutional, nullification by the states is the proper remedy.
B. These resolutions were passed by the legislatures of Kentucky and Virginia in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 and were authored by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectively.
Jefferson wrote the 1798 Resolutions. The author of the 1799 Resolutions is not known with certainty. Both resolutions were stewarded by John Breckinridge who was falsely believed to have been their author. James Madison wrote the Virginia Resolution.