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NEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />
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Nullification is the exercise by a state or states of the right to hold as null, void, and of no legal effect any act of the federal government that exceeds the boundaries of the powers given to it by the states in the Constitution.<br />
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Nullification has regained prominence recently as the federal government has enacted ObamaCare and various gun control restrictions. Opponents of these efforts point to the fact that the authority to do neither of these things is granted to the federal government in the Constitution. Therefore, states are flexing their sovereign muscles, nullifying these and other attempts by the federal government to constrict the scope of liberty.<br />
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Nullification is not the right of states to nullify any federal act. Rather, it is the right of states to choose to not enforce any federal act that fails to conform to the constitutionally established limits on the authority of the federal government.<br />
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Nullification presupposes that there are myriad areas over which the Constitution has given purview to the federal government: defense, naturalization, foreign relations, interstate commerce, etc. <br />
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When Washington decides to start legislating, issuing edicts, and executive orders in areas not within its constitutional boundaries (healthcare, education, gun ownership), the states reserve the right to check that usurpation by refusing to afford such acts the power of law. <br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Do you feel &quot;nullification</span><span>&quot;</span><span> should be used in Michigan to nullify federal laws deemed to violate Michigan's Constitution?<br />
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Undecided<br />
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PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should the Michigan Legislature vote to remove the State from the federal </span><span>&quot;</span><span>Common Core Standards</span><span>&quot;</span><span> initiative?<br />
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Yes - 89%<br />
No - 11%<br />
Undecided - 0% <br />
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THERE WAS ONE COMMENT SUBMITTED:<br />
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COMMENT #1:<br />
COMMON CORE STANDARDS<br />
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The State Board of Education, primarily democrats, agreed to this in 2010 but the legislature has never approved it. The federal government needs to stay out of what clearly is a states rights issue. The federal government has never proved it can effective manage anything. Urge your State Senator to vote for the passage of the House Appropriation Bill that removes the funding for this boondoggle and to do what you can to get Hose Bill 4276 reported out of committee and to the floor for a vote by the full House.<br />
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