"Mr. Gaetz, the Senate president, a conservative Republican, said in an interview that he, too, disagreed with the Supreme Court ruling that upheld the law. But he called nullification âkooky.â âWeâre not a banana republic,â he said. It is âdangerous to the foundation of the republic when we pick and choose which laws we will obey.â <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/u...ted=2&hp&gwh=34E9C501A2C72A34DC182F0A538C4943>"