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What did the doctrine of nullification maintain?
b. state government could nullify any federal law.
Nullification was a theory espoused by John C Calhoun which stated that states had the right to do what?
Nullification is the theory that states have the right to nullify any federal law that the state deems unconstitutional. So far the theory of nullification has not been legally upheld.
Sentence with nullify?
When I see you my love. You nullify my brain.
Could a state nullify a law?
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".
What senator held that states could not nullify a federal law and said that liberty and union were inseparable?
Daniel Webster
What was the result of the scopes 'monkey trail'?
The law prohibiting the teaching of evolution was upheld
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.
What was the result of the Scopes monkey trial?
Scopes was declared guilty, but people felt the law violated the Constitution. Scopes was fined and the law was upheld.
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.
How did the nullification crisis lead to the civil war?
it is important because they have the right to nullify or cancel a federal law.
What was the main idea of nulification?
The main idea of nullification was to give states the right to invalidate or nullify a federal law that they deem unconstitutional.
To declare a federal law illegal?
nullify
