John C. Calhoun...Viking fan

Hayne finally get's a chance to respond to Webster's Second Reply (oh, the joys of historical technicalities) in the natural place...

Minnesota.

The U.S. Constitution expressly states that Acts of Congress “shall be the supreme law of the land…anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding,” thus expressly establishing that states do not have a veto power over federal laws. Nevertheless, in an op-ed entitled “States Need Veto on Federal Power,” Minnesota Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Emmer argues that states should be able to ignore this part of the Constitution