With the Horn of Africa on the brink of famine, need for drought relief grows. 1  Abdi Nasser Mohammed, 10, sits on the parched ground with his year-old brother, Imram, outside Garissa Town in Kenya. Some 200 families displaced by the drought are sheltering in the area.
Nullification (U.S. Constitution) Nullification, in United States constitutional history, is a legal theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional. The theory of nullification has never been legally upheld by federal courts. The theory of nullification is based on a view that the States formed the Union by an agreement among the States, and that as creators of the federal government, the States have the final authority to determine the limits of the powe
Jury nullification is a finding by a trial jury in contradiction to the jury's belief about the facts of the case. This may happen in both civil and criminal trials. In a civil trial, a jury nullifies by finding a defendant not liable, even though members of the jury may believe the defendant is liable.