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What might have happened if states where allowed to nullify federal law?
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States often do conflict with federal law. A perfect example is the state laws making pot legal. Federal law still classifies it as an illegal drug. It will eventually have to be decided in the courts.
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What did the doctrine of nullification maintain?
b. state government could nullify any federal law.
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.
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 act allowed states to use federal land grants to establish colleges?
The Morrill Act
What happened in the States Rights Debate?
The Federal government and State governments were arguing about the division of powers over the entire nation. The Federal government pushed for a unified national government, constantly moving toward an expansion of their power. The States argued that they could nullify laws which they didn't agree with. Eventually, the country split in two, with the southern states rallying together to fight the Federal government, as the Confederate States of America. The CSA lost the war, and that pretty much settled the debate. I would say that the debate ended when the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was passed. Since that point in history, the States have had no check on the Federal government via the Senate. If you want an opinion, the Seventeenth Amendment should be repealed.
Will you always get extradited on a federal warrant?
Yes, the states have no authority to countermand or nullify a federal warrant.
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 the Webster-hayne debate over?
right of states to nullify federal laws
The Webster hayne debate was over the?
right of states to nullify Federal Laws
The Webster-Hayne debate was over the?
right of states to nullify federal laws
What was at the root of the nullification crisis?
States wanted to nullify federal lawa that they deemed unconstitutional.
Virginia and Kentucky resolution spelled out theory of what?
the states' right to nullify acts of the federal government
What issue was at root of the nullification crisis?
States wanted to nullify federal lawa that they deemed unconstitutional.
What was significant about Virginia and Kentucky resolution?
The resolves hinted that states had the power to nullify federal laws.
What was significant about the virginia and kentucky resolutions?
The resolves hinted that states had the power to nullify federal laws.
The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of 1798 and 1799 suggested that states might?
nullify or cancel federal laws
What senator held that states could not nullify a federal law and said that liberty and union were inseparable?
Daniel Webster
