Republican State Rep. Files Unconstitutional Bill to Allow Texas Legislature to Nullify Federal Laws

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9. I wish Andrew Jackson were still President, when legislatures try to enact such laws.

During the Nullification Crisis of 1832, when the South Carolina legislature passed legislation purporting to nullify the Tariff Act of 1832, President Jackson, who viewed both nullification and secession as treasonable acts, wrote to Sen. Henry Clay, "You may inform them (the governor and legislature of South Carolina) that should any attempt be made to enforce this law, I shall lead the Army into the state and hang the first of them upon whom I shall lay my hands".

Those who knew Jackson well, including Sen. Clay, knew that when Jackson spoke of hanging, most people began looking for rope. Sen. Clay used his considerable influence to persuade South Carolina to repeal their nullification legislation, following passage of the Tariff Act of 1833. They did so.