Government
Oct. 17, 2013
Nullification and the Constitution
The current battle to fund Obamacare is as serious a breach to the structure of the Constitution as the Nullification Crisis of 1832 was to the structure of the Union. By Neil H. Cogan
The House of Representatives' refusal to fund the federal budget and raise the debt ceiling until the president agrees not to enforce Obamacare is a gross violation of the constitutional principle of separation of powers. It is as serious a breach to the structure of federal government and the Constitution's supremacy clause, as the Nullification Crisis of 1832 was to the structure of the Union.
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