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Tenth Amendment Center: “But nullification isn’t listed in the Constitution!”

...from Tenth Amendment Center

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Every once in awhile, someone tells us, “The Constitution doesn’t say anything about nullification. That means states simply can’t do it.”

But they’ve got things totally backwards.

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Michael Boldin
February 26, 2018 at 08:25AM

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