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nullification
[ nuhl-uh-fi-key-shuhn ]
noun
- an act or instance of nullifying.
- the state of being nullified.
- the failure or refusal of a U.S. state to aid in enforcement of federal laws within its limits, especially on Constitutional grounds.
nullification
- The doctrine that states can set aside federal laws. Urged in the late 1820s by John C. Calhoun , nullification precipitated a crisis between Calhoun and President Andrew Jackson . The doctrine was foreshadowed by Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Kentucky Resolutions. ( See Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions .)
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Example Sentences
“I see a very real risk of jury nullification in the case. I haven't seen something like this since OJ, where there is so much sympathy for the accused.”
Voter nullification and voter suppression targeting African-Americans in the key battleground states also hurt Harris’ chances of victory.
Trump’s argument for popular nullification doesn’t hold water in the first place.
Yet David Kwok, director of the Criminal Justice Institute at the University of Houston Law Center, called jury nullification an important concept in justice.
Both times the presumptive 2024 GOP nominee escaped culpability because of “jury nullification” carried out by the Boss’ Republican knaves in the Senate.
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