In a message dated 27 Oct 96  00:23:12, Robert Sheaks wrote:
 RW> If the gov't won't provide Federal highway 
 RW> maintenance then states should withold Federal 
 RW> monies and use it for THEIR infrastructure and 
 RW> highway maintenance. Simple solution when the gov't 
 RW> blackmails you. 
 RS>      This strategy in state-federal conflict is called
 RS> "nullification," and its been tried before (in the pre-civil war
 RS> South), but without success.
Jury-nullification was the only time I've heard that term used (in 
gov't-legal circles).
But then what can the Fed gov do if a state refuses to pay? Do another WACO? 
Come in with armed guards and arrest the gov?
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