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John C. Calhoun: “To the People of the United States”

( 1832 ) Commentary by Kirk H. Beetz, UC Davis, Emeritus

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delegated authorized
from whatever quarter assailed from whatever direction they are attacked
reserved powers constitutional rights of the states, which include all those powers not specifically delegated to the federal government
sovereign self-governing
under color of while pretending or claiming to be

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