Emerging GOP Theme: Nullification
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The code words change over time (from "nullification" to "states' rights" to Pawlenty's "state sovereignty"), but the idea is the same -- we retain the right to ignore any laws we don't feel like following.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics