Doctrine+of+Nullification

=The Doctrine of Nullification=

toc The Doctrine of Nullification was a document that was used to get rid of any U.S. law that arose that everyone just hated and wanted out. This document was based on a Union reference and a voluntary compact of states used to get rid of any power the gov. had that was not in the Constitution. It was not until 1799 that it was said that nullification was the right thing to do if there was just something really out of order. Not everyone liked th though, because it favored the North quite a bit a the expense of the south.

{RANDOM DOCUMENT OF NULLIFICATION}

The First Doctrine of Nullification
The first Doctrine of Nullification got it's roots from the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798. This document used to "null and void something", was first used in 1832 during the nullification crisis of South Carolina. During this time South Carolina voided a tariff that was passed by the Federal Gov. to help trade. {A tariff is a taxation of foreign goods as they entered the country}. In a response to this the congress passed a Force Bill but South Carolina nullified that too and it pretty much ended in a tie.

Where the Doctrine of Nullification came from
This Doctrine was thought of during the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions but it wasn't really used until [|John C. Calhoun] got a hold of it. He was doing this so he could be maintaining a states "interposition" could block enforcement of federal law. He was really only able to do this because the South Carolina legislature agreed to it. [|Andrew Jackson] then was getting some kind of picture in his brain and he went and asserted the Federal Gov., which in turn got them pretty upset, so they passed a force bill so the president could have a little bit more power back.

Why this Doctrine was used and accepted
This document was accepted and used by so many people because it finally gave the people some power over the Federal Gov. It was mostly used for the well being of either the state itself, or for the well being of the whole country. Some time or another there was something that the Gov. was doing completely wrong and the Doctrine of Nullification was there to help. Now with this around we are not as venerable as we were before and it was now part of our everyday power.

The Importance of the Doctrine of Nullification
The Doctrine of Nullification is a very important to everyone int the U.S. because there were certian things in that the U.S. Gov. did like the Alien and Sedation Acts that would have ended us if we hadn't made this up and used it. Even though it was illegal and considered a really bad thing to the Gov. but to us it was just some payback to the Gov. Yet to others it was doing what was right for the country's survival. It is still being used today to help stuff that just isn't going right with the U.S.

The Doctrine of Nullification isn't used much today because the people really don't have much control with the Gov. It has recently been used to try and get it through the Gov.'s heads to get out of Iran. I think it was also used to try to get us out of Iraq {not really sure}. We are doing better about the whole power division thing and who gets what. We are really close to just getting rid of it all together and that is a good thing but we have a long way to go to be a perfect nation. {John C. Calhoun} {Idealist for the Doctrine of Nullification}