The term divine right is best defined as a

Pre-enlightenment monarchs believed that they were God's actor upon earth, and so could more or less do as they please, and were above the rule of law (if applicable). This right, granted by God, allowed them to be in a position of unlimited and unchecked power.

This was dissolved more or less during the Enlightenment, either via the weakening of religiosity, monarchs having their powers checked by government through reform and a shift towards enlightened monarchs relying on philosophy, not religion to define their ruling style

the doctrine of nullification recommended that states living inside the union have the one-sided, inalienable ideal to void any law made by the national government that could be esteemed illegal.

the united states was shaped based on a general agreement among its individual states. hence, it is inferred that under the hypothesis of invalidation, since the states are the establishment of the union, they have the ability to referee and disprove unlawful laws.