Will a US State declare a Federal law to be null and void during 2023?
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This hasn't happened yet, right?

@Marnix Actually, I'm not sure it hasn't. The Kentucky bill seems to be referred to as "nullifying federal gun law" pretty frequently in news coverage - but that happened 6 months ago and hasn't resolved this market.

@CodeandSolder Does it mention a specific law that is now null and void?

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@Nostradamnedus it addresses a category of laws, but I think that still fits the spirit of the question.

@CodeandSolder it keeps state employees from cooperating with the enforcement of federal firearm bans enacted after January 1, 2021. But I'm not aware of any new federal firearm bans enacted since the Trump-era bump-stock ban (84 FR 9239), though I'm not really up on the space.

There's of course a secondary question of whether prohibiting cooperation is declaring anything "null and void," but I think that comes down to the market not being defined very tightly.

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@CodeandSolder ooh, yeah. So I agree insofar as you can say that this kind of barring cooperation is a "null and void" declaration. Don't have a strong opinion there. I could see the argument that it's not really possible via the Supremacy Clause.

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@ProratedSeltzer I'd expect this to be struck down sooner or later, of course, but the question is about them declaring, not about the declaration being legally valid

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