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2 unusual facts about nullification


Nullification

Nullification Crisis, the 1832 confrontation between the U.S. government and South Carolina over the latter's attempt to nullify a federal law

Jury nullification, a legal term that refers to a jury's ability to deliver a verdict knowingly in contradiction to written law


American Anti-Slavery Society

Agitation increased with the publication of David Walker's Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World in 1829, Nat Turner's slave rebellion in 1831 and Andrew Jackson's handling of the nullification crisis that same year.

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States

Justice Story added an appendix to the second volume of the 1833 edition where he quotes President Andrew Jackson’s December 10, 1832 Proclamation which deals with South Carolina’s Nullification Laws.

Concurrent majority

South Carolina passed the Ordinance of Nullification of the two tariffs and began preparations to defend the nullification against federal enforcement.

Too many men

National Basketball Association rules did not allow for the nullification of a goal scored with too many players until a rule change in March 2009.

William N. Pendleton

He resigned his U.S. Army commission a year later on October 31, 1833, reportedly due to the issue of nullification in his home state.


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