The right of the states to reject national laws that would be beyond the powers granted in the Constitution is referred to as

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Nullification is the concept that states have the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which they view as unconstitutional or beyond the powers granted to the federal government by the Constitution. This idea was most prominently argued by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

The Right of the States to Reject National Laws That