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malthaussen

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1. I agree with Justice Kagan, but she is mistaken about nullification.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Nov 2, 2021, 11:18 AM

Nov 2021

Plenty of states have ignored Federal laws that they found onerous. Sometimes for the best of reasons, as with the states that refused to observe the Fugitive Slave Laws.

-- Mal

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I agree with Justice Kagan, but she is mistaken about nullification. malthaussen Nov 2021 #1

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