Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution

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Supremacy Clause constitutional clause

Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, known as the Supremacy Clause, establishes that the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties are the supreme law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Article VI of the United States Constitution	5
Article VI of the U.S. Constitution	1
Article VI, Clause 2	1
Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution canonical	1
Supremacy Clause of United States Constitution	1
The Supremacy Clause makes the Constitution and federal court decisions binding on the states	1
Treaty Clause of the United States Constitution	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Supremacy Clause ⓘ constitutional clause ⓘ
adoptedOn	1788 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Supremacy Clause ⓘ surface form: Supremacy of the Constitution Clause
appliesIn	all U.S. states ⓘ all U.S. territories ⓘ
appliesTo	United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the United States federal statutes made in pursuance of the Constitution ⓘ state constitutions ⓘ state court decisions ⓘ state laws ⓘ treaties made under the authority of the United States ⓘ
bindingOn	federal courts ⓘ state governments ⓘ state judges ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1789-03-04 ⓘ
category	Clauses of the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple	federal supremacy ⓘ hierarchy of laws ⓘ preemption of state law ⓘ
contradicts	state constitutional provisions that conflict with the U.S. Constitution ⓘ state laws that conflict with valid federal law ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
draftedAt	Constitutional Convention ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia Convention
ensures	priority of federal treaties over conflicting state law ⓘ uniform application of federal law across all states ⓘ
hasShortName	Supremacy Clause ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
language	English ⓘ
legalEffect	binds state judges to apply federal law over conflicting state law ⓘ establishes the Constitution as the supreme law of the land ⓘ gives supremacy to federal laws made pursuant to the Constitution ⓘ gives supremacy to treaties made under the authority of the United States ⓘ invalidates conflicting state constitutions ⓘ invalidates conflicting state regulations ⓘ invalidates conflicting state statutes ⓘ
partOf	Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Article VI of the U.S. Constitution United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the United States
relatedDoctrine	federal preemption doctrine ⓘ judicial review ⓘ state nullification (rejected doctrine) ⓘ
textBeginsWith	"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof;" ⓘ
textContains	"any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding" ⓘ "shall be the supreme Law of the Land" ⓘ "the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby" ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hines v. Davidowitz → constitutionalProvision → Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

Article VI → citedAs → Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Article VI of the United States Constitution

this entity surface form: Article VI, Clause 2

Texas Constitution → subjectTo → Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supremacy Clause of United States Constitution

De Canas v. Bica → constitutionalProvisionInvolved → Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ