I heard Livingston’s reply today on this great law question and was confirmed in my opinion that the laws are not constitutional.1
1. CFA also heard arguments from Walter Jones and William Wirt. He spent the evening at home, working on the Executive Record (D/CFA/1).
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2007.
http://www.masshist.org/ff/