Yes, jury nullification is technically illegal, but nobody ever gets convicted of it. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Breitbart on Podesta] Reference
The existence of and availability of jury nullification is an essential element of maintaining the legitimacy of the system. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - On jury nullification.] Reference
I think you are confusing the notion of nullification with succession. From Wordnik.com. [Killing ObamaCare is a Rational Act | RedState] Reference
The process involved is called nullification, a legal theory that a U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Infowars] Reference
Fried says that similar attempts at "so-called nullification" led to the Civil War. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News]
What communion, what affinity, can there be between that principle and nullification, which is the despotism of. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams.] Reference
Jury nullification occurs when individual jurors ignore the facts and the evidence or disregard the law in reaching a verdict. From Wordnik.com. [The Heritage Foundation Papers] Reference
But what was at issue in the south wasn't the right to trial by jury, but jury nullification, which is a quite different issue. From Wordnik.com. [When divas attack.] Reference
These bills aren't a "nullification" of a federal law. From Wordnik.com. [Health Backlash in the States] Reference
I feel for the guy because anytime the word "nullification" comes up people think segregation and there the conversation ends. From Wordnik.com. [States' Rights] Reference
And the long-discredited theory of "nullification," which held that states could suspend federal laws, "isn't as crazy as it sounds.". From Wordnik.com. [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference
The storm of "nullification" had not yet subsided, and. From Wordnik.com. [Generals, Confederate States of America, Biography, Soldiers, Louisiana, Southern States, Army, Louisiana Infantry Regiment, 9th., History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Personal narratives, United States, Campaigns, Military Life, Reconstruction.] Reference
Jefferson had used "nullification" in his draft of 1798. From Wordnik.com. [The United States of America, Part 1] Reference
South Carolina 1848 ploy of "nullification" has risen again. From Wordnik.com. [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference
The "nullification" of a bill by a state is not constitional. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
South Carolina's secession by displaying a "nullification" badge. From Wordnik.com. [True To His Colors] Reference
TIMES-PICAYUNE: Health care 'nullification' votes difficult for white. From Wordnik.com. [Latest news releases on Louisiana Politics, Business, Sports, Entertainment, Louisiana, USA and World News] Reference
You thought that "nullification" had been rendered inoperative by the Civil War?. From Wordnik.com. Reference
There hasn't been so much heated discussion of "nullification" since the OJ trial. From Wordnik.com. [LewRockwell.com] Reference
They are introducing measures that hinge on "nullification," Thomas Jefferson's late. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
We then had a question about state's rights, "nullification", and the 10th amendment. From Wordnik.com. [The Changelog] Reference
He doesn't share the view of constitutional scholars that "nullification" is a non-starter. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
They're supporting a "nullification" resolution which some call the first step to secession. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Newly elected Senator Mike Lee of Utah has endorsed state "nullification" of the healthcare law. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
This "nullification" proposition will work as well for Coloradans as it did for South Carolinians in 1832. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
The AFA is also arguing that marriage is a states rights issue, which is basically another variation on "nullification". From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
Applied to state governments, this theory implied the right of "nullification" of a Federal law or ruling within a state's jurisdiction. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
Then, it was called "nullification" and it led to a bit of unpleasantness in which over 600,000 Americans were killed by other Americans. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
The excuse for even this much significance given to "nullification" is, that in less than thirty years, under a new name -- "state-rights". From Wordnik.com. [Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865] Reference
And good luck trusting in nullification. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Mayor Bloomberg’s gun show bill] Reference
"nullification" had never been part of its resolutions. From Wordnik.com. ["From Interposition to Nullification: Peripheries and Center in the Thought of James Madison." Kevin Raeder Gutzman.] Reference
"nullification" had not yet subsided, and Pemberton imbibed the tenets of the Calhoun school. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
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