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A "Declaration of Nullity" is not the dissolution of an existing marriage (as is a dispensation from a marriage ratum sed non consummatum and an "annulment" in civil law), but rather a determination that consent was never validly exchanged due to a failure to meet the requirements to enter validly into matrimony and thus a marriage never existed.
The Constitution does not contain any clause expressly providing that the states have the power to declare federal laws unconstitutional. Supporters of nullification have argued that the states' power of nullification is inherent in the nature of the federal system. They have argued that before the Constitution was ratified, the states essentially were separate nation
Central Virginia Community College v. Katz , 546 U.S. 356 (2006), is a United States Supreme Court case holding that the Bankruptcy Clause of the Constitution abrogates state sovereign immunity . It is significant as one of only three cases allowing Congress to use an Article I power to authorize individuals to sue states, the others being ...
Watch the debate in full at the player above. NORFOLK, Va. (Nexstar) — Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine and Republican challenger Hung Cao faced off in a live, televised debate on Wednesday ...
Virginia incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine (D) debated Republican challenger Hung Cao Wednesday in a live event hosted by WAVY from Norfolk State University’s campus. Kaine was elected to the Senate in ...
This is a point of constitutional debate, but the majority of scholars believe impeachment authority extends to a president who has left office.
Some entities which fit this description are Philadelphia County, a legal nullity because it is entirely coterminous with the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New York County, which is similarly coterminous with the Borough of Manhattan, in New York City (as each of the five Boroughs of New York City is coterminous with a county). [1]
In the canon law of the Catholic Church, an annulment is properly called a "Declaration of Nullity", because according to Catholic doctrine, the marriage of baptized persons is a sacrament and, once consummated and thereby confirmed, cannot be dissolved as long as the parties to it are alive. A "Declaration of Nullity" is not dissolution of a ...