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.
Calhoun argued for a less drastic solution â the doctrine of nullification. According to Calhoun, the federal government only existed at the will of the states. Therefore, if a state found a federal law unconstitutional and detrimental to its sovereign interests, it would have the right to nullify that law within its borders.