So serious an infraction did Congress consider the Nullification Crisis of the 1830s that it passed a law authorizing military force to compel the two balky states to abide by its tariff. The states ...

There is another, more insidious way that the immigration fight parallels the nullification crisis. By 1830, it was clear that the South was losing political power in the face of a growing North.

In shorthand, the jury, by an act of nullification, means to send a message. What is known as the “nullification crisis” arose in the early 1830s and, as you might expect, involved state’s rights ...

And so, after Congress passed a lower tariff in March of 1833, South Carolina repealed its Nullification Ordinance and the crisis was averted. But not ended.