the Union was an alliance of sovereign states
the Union was an alliance of sovereign states.
the Union was an alliance of sovereign states.
The right of states to veto federal law
The right of states to veto federal law
John C Calhoun supported right of states to veto federal law.
A) The Union of the United States was an agreement among independent states. B) The independence of states was a threat to the Union. C) He felt the Constitution clearly gave states this right. D) The Supreme Court ruled that it was the right of states to challenge laws they considered unconstitutional.
By Nicholas B. Vice President John C. Calhoun of South Carolina argued that the states had the right of Nullification, an action by a state that cancels a federal law to which the state objects. If accepted, Calhoun's ideas would seriously weaken the federal government.
Calhoun believed in states rights above all. He espoused the doctrine of nullification which meant that states could nullify or reject Federal Laws they did not want to obey. He also thought states had the right to leave the federal union if they wished.
states had the right to declare federal laws unconstitutional and inapplicable within the state. <apex!!!
John C. Calhoun
calhoun believed that federal government does not have the right to extend or restrict slavery.webster believed in supremancy of the federal government
In Andrew jacksons presidential cabinet his vice president john C. Calhoun Supported nullification, he even wrote the south Carolina exposition and protest which was about nullification of a tariff
John C. Calhoun
Nullification is the theory that states have the right to nullify any federal law that the state deems unconstitutional. So far the theory of nullification has not been legally upheld.