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Should the states have the right to nullify laws that they consider unconstitutional?
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∙ 13y ago
No. It was quite clear to the Founders at the time the Constitution was written and ratified that the states would not have any such power. The Constitution was binding only on those states that chose to ratify it, but they would then lose the ability to overrule the federal government.
The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution (Article VI, Clause 2) definitively places federal law above state law.
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What did the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions argue?
States could nullify federal laws. That states could and should decide when Congress was passing unconstitutional laws PLATOO against a loose interpretation of the constitution
What was at the root of the nullification crisis?
States wanted to nullify federal lawa that they deemed unconstitutional.
What issue was at root of the nullification crisis?
States wanted to nullify federal lawa that they deemed unconstitutional.
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 did the Kentucky resolutions challenge the authority of the federal government?
Kentucky asserted the principle of Nullification: the states had the right to nullify, or consider void. Virginia and Kentucky considered alien and sedition act unconstitutional violations of first amendments.
What did Kentucky and Virginia resolutions claim that states had the right to do?
The Kentucky Resolutions, authored by Jefferson, went further than Madison's Virginia Resolution and asserted that states had the power to nullify unconstitutional Federal Laws.
What was the main idea of nulification?
Nullification was the idea that states had the right to reject or nullify any federal law they deemed unconstitutional. This concept was put forth by proponents of states' rights as a way to limit the power of the federal government and protect the sovereignty of individual states. It was most notably argued during the Nullification Crisis in the 1830s over tariffs.
What were the secret documents written by Jefferson and Madison that claimed states have the right to nullify unconstitutional laws?
The answer to this question is The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798.
What declarations claimed that states have the right to consider void any act of congress that they deem unconstitutional?
These declarations claimed that states have the right to consider void any act of Congress that they deem unconstitutional.
What two resolutions were written in opposition to the Alien Sedition Acts?
claimed that the states could nullify any actions by the federal government that they judged unconstitutional
What was nullification?
Nullification was the idea that the states could declare acts of congress to be unconstitutional. In particular South Carolina objected to the federal tariff while Jackson was president and decided to nullify it and so not collect it or pay it.
What did the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions claim the states had the right to do?
The Kentucky Resolutions, authored by Jefferson, went further than Madison's Virginia Resolution and asserted that states had the power to nullify unconstitutional Federal Laws.
