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A state's legislature can nullify its own laws.
A state cannot nullify a federal law, as the Constitution shall be "the supreme law of the land".
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True or false John C Calhoun believed that a state could nullify a federal law?
True
John c calhoun believed that a state could nullify a federal law true or false?
True.
What did the doctrine of nullification maintain?
b. state government could nullify any federal law.
What was the The Doctrine of Nullification?
This doctrine taught that any state could nullify a law of the United States that was contrary to the Constitution as they understood it.
Are state supreme courts the only courts that can nullify state laws?
No. The US Supreme Court can nullify a challenged state law if it conflicts with the federal Constitution.
What term refers to the belief that the state could nullify laws that they considered unconstitutional?
The term null and void means that a state deems a law unconstitutional and chooses not to follow it.
Sentence with nullify?
When I see you my love. You nullify my brain.
What did the Civil War finally decide with regard to the relationship between the federal government and the state governments?
That the individual State or States could not nullify a Federal Law or act in opposition to the US Constitution.
What term refers to the belief that the states could nullify laws that they considered unconstitutional?
The term null and void means that a state deems a law unconstitutional and chooses not to follow it.
How was nullification a threat to the union?
In the Constitution, it states that Federal law was supreme over State law. Therefore, the power for a state to nullify a federal law would go against the Constitution.
Who can nullify an Act of Congress?
The Supreme Court can nullify an Act of Congress. They would have to say that it specifically contridicted the Constitution. The President could affect a law by refusing to enforce it.
What is the action by a state that cancels a federal law that the state objects to?
Historically, the term for such an action was "nullification." States do not have this power under the US Constitution, even though some politicians thought the states did. The US Civil War ended any idea that a state could nullify a federal law it did not like.
