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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.020 |
From Archive Folder | Reports, Resolutions and Speeches Relating to State Rights and the Nullification Crisis |
Title | Amend the Constitution of the United States: memorial of citizens of North Carolina, upon the subject of amending the Constitution of the United States |
Date | 6 April 1836 |
Author | United States. Congress. House. |
Document Type | Pamphlet |
Content Description | Twenty seven petitioners request: "In case that any State in the Union, either by the Legislature thereof, or by a convention chosen by the people of the same, shall solemnly declare their belief that any act which is or may be passed by both houses of Congress and approved by the President of the United States, is unconstitutional, the said State, by their Legislature or convention, shall make up a case, containing the grounds of their belief of its unconstitutionality, and lay it before the Supreme Court of the United States..." |
Subjects | State Constitution States' Rights US Constitution Supreme Court Law Government and Civics US Constitution US Constitutional Amendment Nullification |
Place written | Washington, D.C. |
Theme | Government & Politics; Law |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |