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REP JIM JORDAN, REP TOM McCLINTOCK: Democrats think they can overrule laws

The modern Democrat Party has become the party of open borders and unlimited illegal immigration

By Rep. Jim Jordan , Rep. Tom McClintock Fox News

Published May 14, 2026 7:00am EDT

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Students of American history may recall the nullification crisis of the 1830s, when South Carolina asserted for itself the right to declare federal law void inside its state borders. President Andrew Jackson asserted federal authority, South Carolina backed down, and the crisis passed peacefully.

The idea that a state could nullify federal law effectively ended three decades later with the bloodshed of the Civil War. It was further buried in the 1950s by Supreme Court decisions and President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizing the National Guard to enforce federal law in Little Rock, Arkansas.

But for today’s radical Democrats, there is a new front in the nullification fight — this time around criminal aliens and so-called "sanctuary" jurisdictions.

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