HB570 prohibits infringement of Montana’s constitutional right to nullify any federal statute, mandate, or executive order that may be considered unconstitutional.
The Montana State House of Representatives failed to pass HB570 on March 2, 2021 by a vote of 47 to 52. We have assigned the pluses to the ayes because under article VI of the U.S. Constitution, the Constitution is the supreme law of the land and every state is bound by oath to support it. Ultimately, states have a duty to nullify any infringements by the federal government and Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution gives congress specific powers and if there are violations of those powers, then states have a right to not comply.