Connor Boyack writes the following in an op/ed piece in the Daily Herald titled "Utah has chance to use nullification:"

"The founding fathers of this nation wisely created a government with several important checks and balances to separate and curb the powers delegated to it under the U.S. Constitution. Congress passes the laws, the Executive enforces them, and the Judiciary arbitrates when conflicts arise...."

"Today we witness a federal government that shows little to no concern for constitutional restraint, a Congress whose members literally laugh in derision when asked to state where they derive authority to legislate on a certain issue, and a judiciary whose precedent often blinds them from a clear understanding of individual rights, state sovereignty, and limited federal power...."

"The answer is nullification, where state legislatures refuse to recognize and enforce a federal law within their borders that they deem to be a usurpation of authority.... Nullification has often been used by states, including several times in recent years here in Utah."
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