USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In Washington, an open split on the issue occurred between Jackson and Vice President John C. Calhoun, a native South Carolinian and the most effective proponent of the constitutional theory of state nullification.

Detailed explanation-2: -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. There have been three prominent attempts by states at nullification in American history.

Detailed explanation-3: -John Caldwell Calhoun was one of the most powerful politicians of the Antebellum Era. He argued that slavery was a positive good for the enslaved on the floor of the US Senate. He advocated for the nullification of federal law.

Detailed explanation-4: -Calhoun’s nullification theory was that the United States constitution was based on a compact among the sovereign states, and if the constitution had been established by 13 sovereign states, he reasoned that each state had the right to nullify, or reject a federal law that it considered unconstitutional.