(US, politics) One who believes that individual states of the United States should be able to exempt themselves selectively from federal laws.
(US, politics) One who believes that individual states of the United States should be able to exempt themselves selectively from federal laws.
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(politics) Advocate of federalism.
(US, historical) The political position that the Union (the federal government of the United States) should be dissolved.
the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
A person favoring or advocating for the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
(chiefly, US) A nation-state that is subject to the rule of law.