I know that many here, especially the Indians, think former President Jackson is an anathema. I understand that. But a number of state legislatures have allegedly passed "nulification" bills against health care manadates in the bill, and that's reminiscent of the events of 1832.
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Many here are of the opinion that Dick Cheney was America's most diabolical vice president. He is not. The "honor" goes to John C.Calhoun, who was VP under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Jackson and Calhoun split over nullification, the idea that a state government can override federal law.
To quote Wikipedia:
The nation had suffered an economic downturn throughout the 1820s, and South Carolina was particularly affected. Many South Carolina politicians blamed the change in fortunes on the national tariff policy that developed after the War of 1812 to promote American manufacturing over its British competition. By 1828 South Carolina state politics increasingly organized around the tariff issue. When the Jackson administration failed to take any actions to address their concerns, the most radical faction in the state began to advocate that the state itself declare the tariff null and void within South Carolina. In Washington, an open split on the issue occurred between Jackson and his vice-president John C. Calhoun, the most effective proponent of the constitutional theory of state nullification.
On Dec. 28, 1832, after Calhoun had resigned his office in order to run for the Senate where he could more effectively defend nullification ], Jackson signed into law the Tariff of 1832. This compromise tariff received the support of most northerners and half of the southerners in Congress.[5] The reductions were too little for South Carolina, and in November 1832 a state convention declared that the tariffs of both 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and unenforceable in South Carolina after February 1, 1833. Military preparations to resist anticipated federal enforcement were initiated by the state. In late February both a Force Bill, authorizing the President to use military force against South Carolina, and a new negotiated tariff satisfactory to South Carolina were passed by Congress. The South Carolina convention reconvened and repealed its Nullification Ordinance on March 11, 1833.
Now, what does this cute historical artifact have to do with anything 21st Century. The Teabaggers and their supporters in the state legislatures in the South and West, have been touting the revival of idea in reguard to the healthcare bill. According to someone on MSNBC, several state legislatures are prepared to do this very thing.
Andrew Jackson was MEAN. Andrew Jackson was NASTY. Andrew Jackson threatened to send in the Marines!!!! Barack Obama should follow Jackson's example at least in this case.