Describe the South Carolina nullification crisis

The nullification crisis was a conflict between the U. S. state of South Carolina and the federal government of the United States in 1832-33 ... Calhoun, who opposed the federal imposition of the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 and argued that the U. S. Constitution gave states the right to block the enforcement of a federal law.

The nullification crisis was a conflict between the U. S. state of South Carolina and the federal government of the United States in 1832-33 ... In November 1832 South Carolina adopted the Ordinance of Nullification, declaring the tariffs null, void, and nonbinding in the state.