What do you make of this? Was the South Carolina state legislature correct? Was Andrew Jackson right? I know this is a harder topic to understand, but it is important to understanding how politics works today. Let me be clear: Passing a state law that violates federal law is different than saying openly that a state can declare any law it wants to be unconstitutional. Ultimately, the question I'd like you to consider is whether a state should have the authority to decide whether federal law is constitutional or not? Otherwise, what is the purpose of having those three branches of government? There are many who consider the Nullification Crisis as a precursor to the Civil War (Andrew Jackson did consider sending in troops to South Carolina if it refused to recognize government authority). Is it too difficult for us to maintain a union when states' interests seem to vary so much? Are we just too divided? Or are these divisions not as bad as we think