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nullification

In US history, doctrine asserting the right of states to ignore any federal law that they deem unconstitutional. The theory was set out by US vice president John C Calhoun, based on the idea that the Union is a voluntary coalition, with sovereign states and a federal government whose powers are restricted specifically to the US Constitution. The Confederate states used this doctrine to defend their right of secession.



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