USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Nullification is the constitutional theory that individual states can invalidate federal laws or judicial decisions they deem unconstitutional, and it has been controversial since its inception in early American history.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nullification, in United States constitutional history, is a legal theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal laws which they deem unconstitutional with respect to the United States Constitution (as opposed to the state’s own constitution).

Detailed explanation-3: -Nullification is the act of cancelling something. Counteracting the effects of a snakebite with an antidote could be described as nullification, for example. Use the noun nullification when one thing overcomes or overrides another, basically erasing the effects of the first thing.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Nullification Process at Work Calhoun outlined the nullification process to work like this: Congress passed a bill (in this case the Tariff of 1828) A state could hold a convention to determine if the bill was constitutional. If found unconstitutional, the state could then nullify the bill.