Jefferson advocated Nullification, allowing states to invalidate federal laws altogether.
In the US, jury Nullification appeared well before the founding of the country.
AB: Voidness also is a negation or elimination- in this case, a Nullification of all fantasies about how things exist.
The South Carolina Convention then met and rescinded its Nullification ordinance, but in a final show of defiance, nullified the Force Bill.
The Nullification Crisis was defused when the tariff was amended
and Jackson threatened the use of force if South Carolina attempted to secede.
The Nullification Crisis was defused when the tariff was amended and
Jackson threatened the use of military force if South Carolina attempted to secede.
The Nullification Crisis was defused when the tariff was amended and Jackson
threatened the use of military force if South Carolina(or any other state) attempted to secede.
Interestingly, American jury Nullification actually began in England when William Penn(before he
came to the U.S. to found Pennsylvania) was charged, along with another Quaker, of unlawful assembly.
Jury Nullification has been used in America during different
periods as a means for citizens to defy unpopular laws, such as the 19th century's Alien & Sedition Acts and the Fugitive Slave Laws.