Nullification was enforced throughout the history of the United States in various places. Nullification gave states specific right to nullify the laws enforced by the federal government. Events such as The Compact Theory, Hartford convention were extremely important in contributing to today’s government laws. The Compact Theory was a law set among states towards the federation in which there will exist a government for common defense of every state. There will be regulation of commerce between the states, and to work out matters of disputes between state governments. The compact theory gives states the rights to alter the constitution. The compact theory was an example on nullification; it gave states the rights towards nullifying multiple
