Nullification is commonly painted as an illegal tactic by the states to block the federal government from enforcing their laws within the states. However, that ignores the fact that the supremacy clause of the federal government is NOT in any way a blank check on government power. The supremacy clause of constitution only gives the federal government authority in the realm of issues related to the specifically delegated powers granted to it in the founding document. If the issue in question is not within the federal governments jurisdiction then the states do have a right to resist a federal overreach. In 1798, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison articulated this with the proposal of the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions. These were passed as a response to the Alien and Sedition acts which criminalized free speech and made political enemies into criminals. In 1854, the government of Wisconsin went even further with nullification by declaring the fugitive slave act to be unconstitutional.
More on the principle of nullification here.
So my question is, does anyone really believe that nullification is an immoral principle? I’ll let you decide after you watch the debate below