[riverdawg]

It is true that the federal government, and some state governments in the North, had laws on the books that nominally enforced Article V. But these were widely ignored are rarely enforced against those harboring or abetting the harboring of escaped slaves. There were clear moral reasons for this widespread, open, and personal nullification of the Fugitive Slave Acts among citizens and their elected officials in the North. But the bottom line is that many Southerners viewed such nullification as a form of tyranny by federal and Northern state officials, much like some of us view many of President Obama’s executive actions as a form of tyranny.

[DoodleDawg]

But these were widely ignored are rarely enforced against those harboring or abetting the harboring of escaped slaves.

As I said before, states could not be compelled to enforce federal law.

But the bottom line is that many Southerners viewed such nullification as a form of tyranny by federal and Northern state officials, much like some of us view many of President Obama’s executive actions as a form of tyranny.

And we all know that the South never, ever even considered nullification in any way, shape or form. </sarcasm>