Supremacy Clause

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constitutional clause legal doctrine

The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that establishes federal law and the Constitution as the highest law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Supremacy Clause canonical	36
Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution	8
Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution	4
Supremacy Clause of Article VI of the U.S. Constitution	1
Supremacy of the Constitution Clause	1
the Constitution is the supreme Law of the Land	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ legal doctrine ⓘ
appliesTo	United States Constitution ⓘ federal statutes ⓘ state administrative regulations ⓘ state constitutions ⓘ state court decisions ⓘ state statutes ⓘ treaties made under the authority of the United States ⓘ
basisFor	conflict preemption ⓘ express preemption ⓘ field preemption ⓘ implied preemption ⓘ
binds	judges in every state ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateRatified	1788 ⓘ
defines	Constitution as the supreme Law of the Land ⓘ
effectiveFrom	June 21, 1788 ⓘ
ensures	that state officials are bound by the U.S. Constitution ⓘ that states cannot nullify federal law ⓘ
establishes	supremacy of federal laws over state laws ⓘ supremacy of federal treaties over state laws ⓘ supremacy of the U.S. Constitution over other laws ⓘ
foundIn	Article VI ⓘ surface form: Article VI of the United States Constitution Article VI ⓘ surface form: Article VI, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution
governs	priority of federal law over state law ⓘ relationship between federal treaties and state law ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
interpretedInCase	Arizona v. United States ⓘ Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ surface form: Cooper v. Aaron Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council ⓘ Gibbons v. Ogden ⓘ Hines v. Davidowitz ⓘ McCulloch v. Maryland ⓘ Ware v. Hylton ⓘ
legalSystem	United States federal law ⓘ
limits	state sovereignty in areas governed by valid federal law ⓘ
overrides	conflicting state constitutions ⓘ conflicting state court decisions ⓘ conflicting state laws ⓘ conflicting state regulations ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
purpose	to ensure national legal uniformity on federal matters ⓘ to resolve conflicts between federal and state law ⓘ
relatedTo	federal preemption doctrine ⓘ federalism in the United States ⓘ judicial review ⓘ
requires	state judges to follow federal law when there is a conflict ⓘ
sourceText	"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land" ⓘ "and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding" ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

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United States Constitution → contains → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Marbury v. Madison → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Commerce Clause → relatedProvision → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Necessary and Proper Clause → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Full Faith and Credit Clause → distinguishedFrom → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council → legalIssue → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution

Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

McCulloch v. Maryland → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

McCulloch v. Maryland → reinforcedClause → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supremacy Clause of Article VI of the U.S. Constitution

Arizona v. United States → constitutionalProvisionInvolved → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Hines v. Davidowitz → legalIssue → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Hines v. Davidowitz → constitutionalProvision → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution

The Federalist No. 44 → discusses → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Ware v. Hylton → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution

Ware v. Hylton → relatedConcept → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Article VI → establishes → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Article VI of the United States Constitution

Article VI → contains → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Article VI of the United States Constitution

Article VI → declares → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Article VI of the United States Constitution

this entity surface form: the Constitution is the supreme Law of the Land

Article VI → citedAs → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Article VI of the United States Constitution

Zschernig v. Miller → constitutionalProvision → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Trump v. Vance → constitutionalProvision → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution

Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

De Canas v. Bica → constitutionalProvisionInvolved → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

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

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

this entity surface form: Supremacy of the Constitution Clause

Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

North Carolina state constitution → subjectTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: North Carolina Constitution

this entity surface form: Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution

Cooper v. Aaron → constitutionalProvision → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

The Federalist No. 32 → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Ware → constitutionalContext → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Ware v. Hylton

this entity surface form: Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution

Property Clause → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Guarantee Clause → distinctFrom → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

U.S. Constitution in Treasury activities → basedOn → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Cohens v. Virginia → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution

Cohens v. Virginia → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

U.S. states → areLimitedBy → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution

John Marshall Court → constitutionalFocus → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Compact Clause of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution

United States sovereign immunity law → governedBy → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Ex parte Young → relatedConstitutionalProvision → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Texas state law → mustComplyWith → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution

Ableman v. Booth → involvesConstitutionalProvision → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Enclave Clause → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

United States v. Gardner → appliesDoctrine → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Federal enclaves doctrine → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Article VI, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Article VI of the United States Constitution → establishes → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Article VI of the United States Constitution → containsClause → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Constitution of Japan Article 98 → comparedWith → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution