History of the United States I / Unit 10 USH1 1360 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Calhoun's Exposition
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The idea
Vice President Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Exposition and Protest anonymously for the state legislature.
In practice
His argument that sovereign powers are divided between the General and State Governments.
Where people slip
He held that denying states the power to judge federal infractions would convert the government into a great consolidated government with unlimited powers.
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