Thanks to the generosity of donors, UNICEF and its partners helped save the lives of countless children suffering from hunger, malnutrition and disease in the region and reverse the famine in Somalia. As encouraging as these results are, the humanitarian crisis is far from over. Fast Fact.
In the South Carolina state election of 1832, attention focused on the issue of nullification, the concept that a state could ignore or refuse to apply federal laws.
In recent years, the idea of nullification has gained steam in Republican-controlled states as lawmakers there have looked for some way to shield themselves from federal gun laws. In 2009, Montana passed the Firearms Freedom Act, which declared that federal gun laws did not apply to that state.