商品簡介
Watkins (The Independent Institute) describes the reactions of Jefferson and Madison to the Alien Sedition Act of 1798, a piece of legislation that made it a crime to criticize the federalist government then in power. He asks whether the future presidents, both republicans, sensed that the fledgling nation was heading toward monarchism when they wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in protest. He examines the issue of sovereignty, and whether it resides in a legislature or in the people of each state. He compares this controversy to that surrounding the recent Patriot Act. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
William J. Watkins, Jr. is an attorney who specializes in constitutional law. He has written several articles on legal history, and is a research fellow at the Independent Institute.
