Assume the role of a state legislator in 1798-1799. What argument woul

Assume the role of a state legislator in 1798-1799. What argument would you use to encourage your state to endorse the action of the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures in adopting their Resolutions?

What will be an ideal response?

ANSWER
States need a way to defend themselves against the power of the national government; the national government cannot be relied upon to check its own power; the Constitution does not prohibit states from determining the constitutionality of federal laws or declare them null and void within the state; states are essentially sovereign and did not surrender that sovereignty when they made a compact to join the Union.