...and not the• Constitution, the measure of its powers ;" and that "in all cases of compact between parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of the infraction as of the mode and measure of redress." Language cannot be more explicit, nor can higher...

...discretion and not the Constitution the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, OS well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress." The most formidable conflict between...

...all other cases of compact among parties having no common Judge, each party has an I't/nal right In Judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress}*'' The Virginia Resolutions, drafted by James Madison, provided "that in case of a deliberate, palpable...

...discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common Judge, each party has...infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.'' 9 Jefferson's defense of states' rights would later be used by John C. Calhoun and others to oppose...

...judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself . . . but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has...well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress."3 The debate continued during the early nineteenth century in response to several unpopular...

...measure of its powers ; but that, as in all other eases of compacts among powers having no common ludge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself...infractions as of the mode and measure of redress. f Amendments, Article L law." Imprisonment of a person, under the protection of the laws of Kentucky,...

...powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among powers having no common judge, each part}' has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of...infractions as of the mode and measure of redress. 2. Resolved, That the Constitution of the United States, having delegated to Congress a power to punish...

...contract neither affirms nor denies the Jeffersonian claim that, "as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself."183 The parties to the constitutional bargain may have expected that some combination of national...

...discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but ... as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has...infractions as of the mode and measure of redress." When it came right down to it, the states, which had created the federal government, still bore ultimate...

...outlined a program for nullification.116 As Jefferson put it, because the Constitution is a "compact," "each party has an equal right to judge for itself,...infractions as of the mode and measure of redress," and when the national government "assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and...