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What stated that if the laws of the federal government are harmful to a state, that state has the right to declare the law null?

Doctrine of Nullification
Compromise Tariff of 1833
Missouri Compromise
Ordinance of Nullification

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Doctrine of Nullification.

It’s the idea (promoted by John C. Calhoun and rooted in the Kentucky/Virginia resolutions) that a state can declare a federal law null and void within its borders.