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 [use of its own courts). So fatal
a result must be [disapproved] by all, and the people of Pennsylvania, not less
than the citizens of every other State, must feel a deep interest in resisting
principles so destructive of the union, and in averting consequences so fatal to
themselves.
United States v. Peters (1809)
Based on the excerpt, how did the Supreme Court's decision in United States
v. Peters (1809) increase the power of the federal government?
by ruling that state legislatures could overrule the decisions of federal courts if they had
good reasons to do so
O by ruling that state governments could not overrule decisions made in federal courts
by ruling that states could sue federal courts
O by ruling that states were required to enforce federal court decisions