At age 13, Andrew Jackson joined the Continental Army ... Sectionalism was on the rise. In the Nullification Crisis, South Carolina threatened secession over a “Tariff of Abominations ...

In response, Congress passed a law allowing President Andrew Jackson to make South Carolina comply with the law by force. The "Nullification Crisis" was resolved when a more moderate compromise ...

As the crisis careened toward calamity ... and a bloody civil war. President Andrew Jackson wrote to an intelligence officer that nullification “leads directly to civil war and bloodshed ...

Photo: Jim LoScalzo - Pool via CNP/Zuma Press We aren’t in a constitutional crisis. If the administration takes an action, a court holds it unconstitutional, and President Trump defies the court ...

This sparked the “Nullification Crisis” (1832-1836), which might easily have spiraled ... both major factors in resolving the crisis, along with President Andrew Jackson’s firm response to the threat ...

JD Vance’s threats to defy court orders, echoing a dark era under President Andrew Jackson, are an ominous warning, as the Trump constitutional crisis continues to be fought in the courts ...