Article VI

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constitutional provision

Article VI of the United States Constitution establishes the supremacy of federal law, requires officials to take an oath to support the Constitution, and prohibits religious tests for public office.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Article VI of the United States Constitution	9
Article VI canonical	2
Article VI, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16969 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article VI
Context triple: [United States Constitution, hasPart, Article VI]

A. Article IV
Article IV of the United States Constitution outlines the relationships and obligations among the states and between the states and the federal government, including provisions on full faith and credit, privileges and immunities, and the admission of new states.
B. Article V
Article V is the section of the United States Constitution that outlines the formal process for proposing and ratifying constitutional amendments.
C. Article III
Article III is the section of the United States Constitution that establishes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and defines its powers and jurisdiction.
D. Article II
Article II is the section of the United States Constitution that establishes the executive branch of the federal government and defines the powers and duties of the President.
E. Article II of the United States Constitution
Article II of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, defining the powers, duties, and election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article VI
Target entity description: Article VI of the United States Constitution establishes the supremacy of federal law, requires officials to take an oath to support the Constitution, and prohibits religious tests for public office.

A. Article IV
Article IV of the United States Constitution outlines the relationships and obligations among the states and between the states and the federal government, including provisions on full faith and credit, privileges and immunities, and the admission of new states.
B. Article V
Article V is the section of the United States Constitution that outlines the formal process for proposing and ratifying constitutional amendments.
C. Article III
Article III is the section of the United States Constitution that establishes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and defines its powers and jurisdiction.
D. Article II
Article II is the section of the United States Constitution that establishes the executive branch of the federal government and defines the powers and duties of the President.
E. Article II of the United States Constitution
Article II of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, defining the powers, duties, and election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional provision ⓘ
appliesTo	all public offices under the United States ⓘ federal and state officeholders ⓘ federal statutes made in pursuance of the Constitution ⓘ state offices ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: the United States Constitution itself treaties made under the authority of the United States ⓘ
binds	state judges to the Constitution ⓘ
citedAs	Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article VI, Clause 2 No Religious Test Clause ⓘ Oaths Clause ⓘ Supremacy Clause ⓘ
contains	Supremacy Clause ⓘ assumption of debts clause ⓘ no religious test clause ⓘ oaths clause ⓘ
declares	federal law supreme over state law ⓘ laws of the United States made in pursuance of the Constitution are supreme ⓘ Supremacy Clause ⓘ surface form: the Constitution is the supreme Law of the Land treaties made under the authority of the United States are supreme ⓘ
effectiveDate	June 21, 1788 ⓘ
ensures	binding force of federal treaties on the states ⓘ constitutional supremacy over state constitutions ⓘ uniformity of constitutional obligations for officeholders ⓘ
establishes	Supremacy Clause ⓘ
historicalContext	drafted at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
influences	doctrine of federal preemption ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
language	English ⓘ
legalEffect	binds state courts to apply federal law over conflicting state law ⓘ preempts state constitutional provisions that conflict with federal law made pursuant to the Constitution ⓘ
locationInDocument	Article VI self-linksurface differs ⓘ
overrides	conflicting state constitutions ⓘ conflicting state laws ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
prohibits	making religious belief a condition for holding federal office ⓘ making religious belief a condition for holding state office ⓘ religious tests as a qualification for public office ⓘ
requires	members of Congress to take an oath to support the Constitution ⓘ members of state executive officers to take an oath to support the Constitution ⓘ members of state judicial officers to take an oath to support the Constitution ⓘ members of state legislatures to take an oath to support the Constitution ⓘ oath or affirmation to support the Constitution ⓘ officers of the United States to take an oath to support the Constitution ⓘ
sectionCount	3 ⓘ
subjectOf	constitutional law scholarship ⓘ numerous United States Supreme Court decisions ⓘ

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