The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions supported the idea that states could challenge the federal government. Specifically, they asserted that states had the authority to declare federal laws unconstitutional and, in certain cases, could nullify such laws within their own borders. This concept was based on the belief that the federal government was a creation of the states, and therefore, states had the right to interpret the Constitution and protect their own sovereignty.
What idea regarding states' rights did the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions support?
States could declare war against an enemy.
States could pass laws that violated the Constitution.
States could declare laws unconstitutional.
States could challenge the federal government.
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