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Some people treat “nullification” as a dirty word.
Since it appears most people I talk to about the subject seem to misunderstand the word, I’m not really surprised. There are two levels in which nullification can be used in this country, state by state or nationally.
While a state cannot nullify an act of the federal government nationally, if that act violates the Constitution of the United States, then a state can make it null and void within that state’s borders. While several states have tried to do this for specific types of actions such as immigration, certain drugs, or firearms, one state has legislation that would put a process in effect that would allow the state government to review the actions of the federal government, and if they are found to be unconstitutional, nullify them within their borders.
That state is my new home state, Tennessee.
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