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Maybe you shouldn’t stop your history at 1832. If nullification were a thing we’d still have slavery in the south.
by throwaway1777 7y ago
Maybe you shouldn’t stop your history at 1832. If nullification were a thing we’d still have slavery in the south.
- tomjakubowski 7y agoSlavery isn't just illegal, any law permitting it would be unconstitutional by the 13th Amendment. Federal anti-slavery laws couldn't be a target for nullification, which relies in theory on the state's belief that the federal law is unconstitutional.