Which political leader supported nullification, the idea that each state could decide which federal laws to obey?

A. Daniel Webster of Massachusetts

B.

John C. Calhoun of South Carolina

C.

Henry Clay of Kentucky

D.

Stephen Douglas of Illinois

The correct answer is B. John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. Basically, he believed in nullification becasue he supported slavery, believing it was actually good. He claimed that states shuold have the right to have slaves even if the entire country and the federational government said that they shouldn't. He said that it was a minority right and that each individual state should be observed as a minority.