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The process of 'nullification' may refer to:
★ Declaring a law to be null or void in a jurisdiction, or refusing to enforce a law.
★ The legal theory that a U.S. State has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional. The theory is based on a view that the sovereign States formed the Union, and as creators of the compact hold final authority regarding the limits of the power of the central government. Under this, the compact theory, the States and not the Federal Bench examine the extent of the Government's power. (''See also:'' interposition) See the following articles:
★ Jury nullification, a legal term that refers to a jury's right to deliver a verdict in contradiction to written law.
★ Body nullification, the practice of removing body parts.
★ Physical nullification, a hypothesized process which results when ordinary mass/energy encounters "negative" mass/energy. Not to be confused with annihilation which involves anti-matter.
★ The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions nullified the Alien and Sedition Acts in Kentucky and Virginia.
★ The Hartford Convention, in which New England Federalists nullified Thomas Jefferson's embargo and even considered secession from the United States of America.
★ The Nullification Crisis in the United States of America, in which South Carolina passed legislation legalizing its invalidation of objectionable federal laws.
★ Geogia's nullification of the Treaty of Hopewell, a treaty made by the US government with the Cherokee Nation. Georgia confiscated Cherokee land and improvements, violating the treaty.
★ Refusal by Arkansas to enforce the US Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education 1954 school desegration ruling.
★ Perhaps the most notable current example is the nullification of US drug prohibition law by over a dozen states which have legalized medical marijuana.
★ Arcata, California was the first city to pass an ordinance that bars city employees (including police and librarians) from assisting or cooperating with any federal investigations under the PATRIOT Act that would violate civil liberties. Other cities and localities have acted similarly.
★ Declaring a law to be null or void in a jurisdiction, or refusing to enforce a law.
★ The legal theory that a U.S. State has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional. The theory is based on a view that the sovereign States formed the Union, and as creators of the compact hold final authority regarding the limits of the power of the central government. Under this, the compact theory, the States and not the Federal Bench examine the extent of the Government's power. (''See also:'' interposition) See the following articles:
★ Jury nullification, a legal term that refers to a jury's right to deliver a verdict in contradiction to written law.
★ Body nullification, the practice of removing body parts.
★ Physical nullification, a hypothesized process which results when ordinary mass/energy encounters "negative" mass/energy. Not to be confused with annihilation which involves anti-matter.
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Nullification and attempts at nullification in the US
★ The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions nullified the Alien and Sedition Acts in Kentucky and Virginia.
★ The Hartford Convention, in which New England Federalists nullified Thomas Jefferson's embargo and even considered secession from the United States of America.
★ The Nullification Crisis in the United States of America, in which South Carolina passed legislation legalizing its invalidation of objectionable federal laws.
★ Geogia's nullification of the Treaty of Hopewell, a treaty made by the US government with the Cherokee Nation. Georgia confiscated Cherokee land and improvements, violating the treaty.
★ Refusal by Arkansas to enforce the US Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education 1954 school desegration ruling.
★ Perhaps the most notable current example is the nullification of US drug prohibition law by over a dozen states which have legalized medical marijuana.
★ Arcata, California was the first city to pass an ordinance that bars city employees (including police and librarians) from assisting or cooperating with any federal investigations under the PATRIOT Act that would violate civil liberties. Other cities and localities have acted similarly.
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