Peters (9 U.S. 115, 1809) that a state legislature could not annul a judgment of a federal court: If the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy the rights acquired under those judgments, the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery; and the nation is deprived of the means of enforcing its laws by the instrumentality of its own tribunals. [read post]