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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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 of the United States Constitution → 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 → 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 (38)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution → Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution → Cohens v. Virginia ("Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution") → Necessary and Proper Clause → Property Clause → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution → The Federalist No. 32 →	relatedTo
Cohens v. Virginia → Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council → Marbury v. Madison → McCulloch v. Maryland → Ware v. Hylton ("Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution") →	constitutionalProvisionInterpreted
Cooper v. Aaron → Hines v. Davidowitz ("Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution") → Trump v. Vance ("Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution") → Zschernig v. Miller →	constitutionalProvision
Arizona v. United States → De Canas v. Bica →	constitutionalProvisionInvolved
Article VI of the United States Constitution → United States Constitution →	contains
Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council ("Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution") → Hines v. Davidowitz →	legalIssue
Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ("Supremacy of the Constitution Clause") →	alsoKnownAs
U.S. states ("Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution") →	areLimitedBy
U.S. Constitution in Treasury activities →	basedOn
Article VI of the United States Constitution →	citedAs
Ware v. Hylton ("Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution") →	constitutionalContext
John Marshall Court →	constitutionalFocus
Article VI of the United States Constitution ("the Constitution is the supreme Law of the Land") →	declares
The Federalist No. 44 →	discusses
Guarantee Clause →	distinctFrom
Full Faith and Credit Clause →	distinguishedFrom
Article VI of the United States Constitution →	establishes
Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution →	hasShortName
McCulloch v. Maryland ("Supremacy Clause of Article VI of the U.S. Constitution") →	reinforcedClause
Ware v. Hylton →	relatedConcept
Commerce Clause →	relatedProvision
North Carolina Constitution ("Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution") →	subjectTo