Interposition
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Interposition is a legal theory that U.S. states have the right to interpose when the U.S. federal government violates the rights of their citizens. The theory was first articulated by James Madison in the Virginia Resolution of 1798. Interposition was invoked by supporters of school segregation, including James J. Kilpatrick, in opposition to the United States Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education, leading several states to pass resolutions asserting the right to interpose.
Interposition is a legal theory that U.S. states have the right to interpose when the U.S. federal government violates the rights of their citizens. The theory was first articulated by James Madison in the Virginia Resolution of 1798. Interposition was invoked by supporters of school segregation, including James J. Kilpatrick, in opposition to the United States Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education, leading several states to pass resolutions asserting the right to interpose.
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