South Carolina Exposition and Protest
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The South Carolina Exposition and Protest was an 1828 political document, secretly authored by John C. Calhoun, that articulated the doctrine of nullification by arguing that states could reject federal laws they deemed unconstitutional.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States historical document
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constitutional treatise ⓘ political document ⓘ |
| addressesIssue |
constitutionality of federal tariffs
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limits of federal power ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Calhoun’s Exposition
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South Carolina Exposition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
states can act as final arbiters of the Constitution within their borders
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the Supreme Court is not the sole judge of constitutionality ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Democratic-Republican Party
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Southern planter class ⓘ |
| author | John C. Calhoun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorRole | Vice President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorshipStatus | secretly authored ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | South Carolina legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreClaim |
a state may nullify a federal law it deems unconstitutional
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states retain ultimate sovereignty over delegated powers ⓘ the U.S. Constitution is a compact among sovereign states ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dateWritten | 1828 ⓘ |
| economicInterestDefended | slaveholding plantation economy ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Jacksonian era ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Antebellum period ⓘ |
| influenced |
Nullification Crisis
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South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification NERFINISHED ⓘ states’ rights movement in the antebellum South ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Kentucky Resolutions
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Virginia Resolutions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legacy | key text in the intellectual origins of Southern secessionism ⓘ |
| legalTheoryUsed | compact theory of the Constitution ⓘ |
| opposes |
Tariff of Abominations
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protective tariffs ⓘ |
| politicalDoctrineArticulated | nullification ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
anti-tariff
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pro–states’ rights ⓘ |
| presentedTo | South Carolina legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationStatusAtTime | not officially published under Calhoun’s name ⓘ |
| regionConcerned | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
interposition
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secession ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | debates over the Tariff of 1828 ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
constitutional interpretation
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division of powers between federal and state governments ⓘ federalism in the United States ⓘ states’ rights ⓘ |
| writtenInResponseTo | Tariff of 1828 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearWritten | 1828 ⓘ |
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