okie dokie everybody... question question. I'm looking up for a paper that i have to write things about the supremacy clause of the Constitution. Don't give up on me yet! ;) lol... alrighty... does anyone know in which ways the supremacy clause of the Constitution anticipated some of the problems associated with federalism???
2006-11-16 13:38:05 · 1 answers · asked by uhhsure8701 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
basically the purpose of the supremacy clause is to ensure that the federal law is the "law of the land'.
Federalism allows for the seperation of powers; state and federal. sometimes these powers come into conflict with each other. The supremacy clause resolves the conflict by basically saying that no state law or state constituiton or state judge can rule against the constitution of the US.
This was previlant when the south attempted secceed from the union based on their state laws. However Federal law trumps state law, it would have been unconstitutional for them to seceed from the union.
State law cannot "outrank" Federal law.
2006-11-16 14:28:24 · answer #1 · answered by jezabella 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋