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To: Non-Sequitur
If memory serves the idea that a state could nullify a federal law died in 1832.

Your memory is wrong then, as per par. Just a recent example is California trying to nullify federal laws on pot. The idea is quite alive.

Come to think of it, aren't you one of the guys who said that secession was illegal because of a ruling made AFTER the Civil War? Or was it Wlat? It doesn't matter, it's just pretty funny.

157 posted on 02/07/2010 10:32:43 AM PST by Hacksaw (Trees aren't our "friends")
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To: Hacksaw
Your memory is wrong then, as per par. Just a recent example is California trying to nullify federal laws on pot. The idea is quite alive.

I think what you're referring to is a November ballot amendment to nullify the pot law. It hasn't passed yet, and would not pass Supreme Court muster if it did.

Come to think of it, aren't you one of the guys who said that secession was illegal because of a ruling made AFTER the Civil War? Or was it Wlat? It doesn't matter, it's just pretty funny.

You're wrong, as per par. I've never said secession was illegal. Secession without the consent of all impacted parties is unconstitutional, as the Supreme Court ruled in the Texas v White case.

170 posted on 02/07/2010 11:04:41 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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