The states are “duty bound to interpose.” That’s how James Madison put it in his Virginia Resolutions, passed Dec. 21 and 24, 1798, against the hated Alien and Sedition acts.
The Path to Liberty’s Michael Boldin takes a look at how Madison’s work attempts to answer the timeless question: What should be done when the federal government oversteps its constitutional bounds? Also in this episode, Boldin discusses Madison’s six essential principles to stop federal tyranny.
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