Sentence examples for right to nullify from inspiring English sources

He wants Arizona to have the right to nullify federal laws (which his opponents call "secession").

He answers questions and advises that jurors have the right to nullify.

Prosecutors retained the right to nullify the deal if they believed he was not telling the truth about his espionage.

If the person fails to live up to specified standards, the company has the right to nullify the contract, end the business relationship, and cease paying the individual.

How many of you out there thought we had settled the question of whether states have the right to nullify federal laws during the Lincoln administration?

Jackson wanted to boot out his Vice-President, John C. Calhoun, who believed that states had a right to nullify federal laws, a position that Jackson opposed.

In addition to "Operation Wetback," Turiano's website noted in February that he supports states' rights to nullify or reject any federal law or judicial mandate, citing Roe v. Wade and Obamacare as prime examples.

Could it be because it's in the interests of those in the extreme right wing to nullify the President's second term, thus accomplishing through legal or illegal finagling what they couldn't do with the ballot?

Donna Mauro, a state representative, asked Gingrich if he agreed that states had the right to unilaterally nullify federal statutes, such as the ones in Obama's health-care bill.

-- Moore signed onto a resolution supporting the right of states to nullify or void federal law in 2010.

The resolution of the nullification crisis in favour of the federal government helped to undermine the nullification doctrine, the constitutional theory that upheld the right of states to nullify federal acts within their boundaries.