The idea of states' rights was promoted by the Alien and Sedition Acts.
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The idea is referred to as "states' rights".
States rights doctrine, which said that since the states had formed the national government, state power should be greater than federal power
The idea of natural right comes several hundred years after the Magna Carta. Natural Rights is a revolutionary idea in the time of kings. Basically it states that God has given people rights and that the king is not the only person with rights.
John C Calhoun supported right of states to veto federal law.
the years immediately preceding the Civil War