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<blockquote data-quote="newfie" data-source="post: 2922107" data-attributes="member: 58700"><p>The <strong>Supremacy Clause</strong> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution" target="_blank"><u>United States Constitution</u></a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Six_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Supremacy" target="_blank"><u>Article VI, Clause 2</u></a>) establishes that the Constitution, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_United_States" target="_blank"><u>federal laws</u></a> made pursuant to it, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty" target="_blank"><u>treaties</u></a> made under its authority, constitute the supreme law of the land.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause#cite_note-1" target="_blank"><u>[1]</u></a> It provides that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_court_(United_States)" target="_blank"><u>state courts</u></a> are bound by the supreme law; in case of conflict between federal and state law, the federal law must be applied. Even <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_constitution_(United_States)" target="_blank"><u>state constitutions</u></a> are subordinate to federal law.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause#cite_note-2" target="_blank"><u>[2]</u></a> In essence, it is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-of-laws" target="_blank"><u>conflict-of-laws</u></a> rule specifying that certain national acts take priority over any state acts that conflict with national law. In this respect, the Supremacy Clause follows the lead of Article XIII of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation" target="_blank"><u>Articles of Confederation</u></a>, which provided that "Every <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state" target="_blank"><u>State</u></a> shall abide by the determination of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_the_Confederation" target="_blank"><u>United States in Congress Assembled</u></a>, on all questions which by this confederation are submitted to them."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause#cite_note-3" target="_blank"><u>[3]</u></a> A constitutional provision announcing the supremacy of federal law, the Supremacy Clause assumes the underlying priority of federal authority, at least when that authority is expressed in the Constitution itself.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause#cite_note-4" target="_blank"><u>[4]</u></a> No matter what the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" target="_blank"><u>federal government</u></a> or the states might wish to do, they have to stay within the boundaries of the Constitution. This makes the Supremacy Clause the cornerstone of the whole <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalism_in_the_United_States" target="_blank"><u>American political structure</u></a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause#cite_note-5" target="_blank"><u>[</u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="newfie, post: 2922107, member: 58700"] The [B]Supremacy Clause[/B] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution'][U]United States Constitution[/U][/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Six_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Supremacy'][U]Article VI, Clause 2[/U][/URL]) establishes that the Constitution, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_United_States'][U]federal laws[/U][/URL] made pursuant to it, and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty'][U]treaties[/U][/URL] made under its authority, constitute the supreme law of the land.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause#cite_note-1'][U][1][/U][/URL] It provides that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_court_(United_States)'][U]state courts[/U][/URL] are bound by the supreme law; in case of conflict between federal and state law, the federal law must be applied. Even [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_constitution_(United_States)'][U]state constitutions[/U][/URL] are subordinate to federal law.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause#cite_note-2'][U][2][/U][/URL] In essence, it is a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-of-laws'][U]conflict-of-laws[/U][/URL] rule specifying that certain national acts take priority over any state acts that conflict with national law. In this respect, the Supremacy Clause follows the lead of Article XIII of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation'][U]Articles of Confederation[/U][/URL], which provided that "Every [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state'][U]State[/U][/URL] shall abide by the determination of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_the_Confederation'][U]United States in Congress Assembled[/U][/URL], on all questions which by this confederation are submitted to them."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause#cite_note-3'][U][3][/U][/URL] A constitutional provision announcing the supremacy of federal law, the Supremacy Clause assumes the underlying priority of federal authority, at least when that authority is expressed in the Constitution itself.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause#cite_note-4'][U][4][/U][/URL] No matter what the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States'][U]federal government[/U][/URL] or the states might wish to do, they have to stay within the boundaries of the Constitution. This makes the Supremacy Clause the cornerstone of the whole [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalism_in_the_United_States'][U]American political structure[/U][/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause#cite_note-5'][U][[/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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