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Several southern states passed interposition resolutions to neutralize recent federal rulings on segregation. Part of a larger southern movement of segregationist \"massive resistance,\" supporters of interposition intentionally displaced race-based arguments for segregation with broader political principles such as states' rights and constitutional interpretation. Interposition provided a way for segregationists to identify themselves as saviors of rational constitutional principles, rather than as obstructionists failing to comply with federal law. In January 1956, Governor Marvin Griffin, who had been elected on a strongly pro-segregation platform, proposed six bills for the legislative session aimed at upholding segregated education in Georgia. The purpose of the legislation was to permit the governor to authorize the sublease of state property to private schools; empower the attorney general to prevent teachers from attempting to integrate their classes  locally; permit private school teachers to join the state teachers' retirement plan; and to adjust fire code regulations in buildings that were anticipated to be used by private schools. The General Assembly passed this legislation. On February 6, 1956, Governor Marvin Griffin addressed the Georgia General Assembly in joint session to enact a resolution of interposition against the Brown v. Board of Education rulings. The General Assembly enacted the resolution on March 9, 1956, nullifying the Supreme Court's decision with a vote of 179 to 1. 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