Assertion: u.s.'s state | /r/HasAspect | the right
Facets:
value: by virtue of their sovereignty
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: The doctrine also was used as an argument for the theory known as nullification, which claimed that states had the right to annul an act of the federal government within their boundaries, and for the claim that the states, by virtue of their sovereignty, had the right to secede from the Union.
text: Secessionists argued that the United States Constitution was a contract among sovereign states that could be abandoned at any time without consultation and that each state had a right to secede.
text: The doctrine also was used as an argument for the theory known as nullification, which claimed that states had the right to annul an act of the federal government within their boundaries, and for the claim that the states, by virtue of their sovereignty, had the right to secede from the Union.
text: According to this theory, the federal union is a voluntary association of states, and if the central government goes too far each state has the right to nullify that law.
text: For example, Texas challenged some northern states having the right to protect fugitive slaves.