{"id":2711,"date":"2021-02-18T11:34:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T11:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2021\/02\/18\/what-is-nullification-in-political-theory\/"},"modified":"2021-02-18T11:34:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T11:34:05","slug":"what-is-nullification-in-political-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2021\/02\/18\/what-is-nullification-in-political-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Nullification in Political Theory?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here<\/a> is one explanation:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nullification is a fundamental part of the American political system. But what exactly does it mean? There are two definitions. One is legal. When a court strikes down a law, it literally wipes it off the books. But there is also a practical definition \u2013 to make something of no value or consequence. When we talk about nullification happening today, we generally mean it in the practical sense \u2013 to end the practical effect of a federal act. Here is a succinct definition of nullification as we apply it: Any act or set of acts which has as its result a particular law being rendered legally null and void, or unenforceable <\/em>in practice<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em>Madison gave us a blueprint<\/a> on how to do this in Federalist #46<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n

He suggested four steps to take on counteract and stop federal programs \u2013 whether \u201cwarrantable\u201d or \u201cunwarrantable,\u201d the most significant being a \u201crefusal to cooperate with officers of the Union.\u201d The federal government involves itself in almost every aspect of life, but depends on state assistance to do almost everything. If states refuse to help, it becomes nearly impossible for the feds to enforce their laws or implement their programs. We can use this strategy to undermine and nullify<\/a> all kinds of federal acts in practice \u2013 from warrantless spying, to gun control, to plant prohibition and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here<\/a> is an application of the theory:<\/span><\/p>\n

The "Second Amendment Preservation Act of Newton County Missouri" reads, in part:<\/span><\/p>\n

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All federal acts, laws, orders, rules, and regulations passed by the federal government and specifically any presidential administration whether past, present, or future, which infringe on the people\u2019s right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 1, Section 23 of the Missouri Constitution shall be invalid in the county, shall not be recognized by this county, and specifically rejected by this county, and shall be considered null and void and of no effect in this County.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Newton County Commission letter dated 2\/3\/21<\/cite><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It may well be that the cure for what ails the body politic, if there is a cure, is a combination of voluntary segregation and nullification, not secession.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is one explanation: Nullification is a fundamental part of the American political system. But what exactly does it mean? There are two definitions. One is legal. When a court strikes down a law, it literally wipes it off the books. But there is also a practical definition \u2013 to make something of no value or … Continue reading “What is Nullification in Political Theory?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[255,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political-nullification","category-social-and-political-philosophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}