Assertion: constitution's power | /r/CapableOf | nullify federal law
Facets:
value: legally
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The courts therefore have held that the states do not have the power to nullify federal law.
text: Therefore, the power to make final decisions about the constitutionality of federal laws lies with the federal courts, not the states, and the states do not have the power to nullify federal laws.
text: Accordingly, the Court held that the Wisconsin court did not have the power to nullify a federal statute that had been upheld by the federal courts or to interfere with federal enforcement of that statute.
text: President Andrew Jackson denied that South Carolina had the power to nullify federal statutes, and prepared to enforce federal law forcibly if necessary.
text: The Federalist Papers do not assert that the states have the power to nullify federal law.
text: No. 44 does not imply that the states have the power to legally nullify federal law, although this would have been an appropriate context in which to mention it if such a power were thought to exist.
text: The Supreme Court held that Wisconsin did not have the power to nullify federal law or to prevent federal officials from enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act.
text: Ableman found that the Constitution gave the Supreme Court final authority to determine the extent and limits of federal power and that the states therefore do not have the power to nullify federal law.
text: This view of the Constitution has been rejected by the federal courts, which consistently have held that under the Constitution, the states do not have the power to nullify federal laws.
text: The records of the state ratifying conventions do not include any assertions that the states would have the power to nullify federal laws.
text: In short, there were no statements in the Constitutional Convention or the state ratifying conventions asserting that the states would have the power to nullify federal laws.
text: Therefore, said Webster, under the Constitution, the states do not have the power to nullify federal laws.