The immediate goal was to avoid paying the tariffs set by the federal government.
In the long range, the establishment of this principle would have removed all federal threats against the right of states to determine their own local laws.
Doctrine of nullification
It was the doctrine of nullification
Calhoun's nullification theory was that if the federal government refused to permit a state to nullify a federal law, the state had the right to withdraw from the Union.
The Doctrine of Nullification.
It was over the doctrine of nullification
Doctrine of Nullification.
Doctrine of Nullification.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the nullification doctrine. However, James Madison had a lot to do with the articulation of the doctrine.
John C. Calhuon
It was over the doctrine of nullification
John C. Calhoun
I believe it is the Doctrine of Nullification