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Supremacy Clause

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004792

A provision in Article VI of the United States Constitution establishing that federal laws and treaties are the supreme law of the land. State laws that conflict with valid federal laws are preempted and rendered void. This clause establishes the hierarchy of laws within the American legal system, with the Constitution at its apex.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004792
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-004792",
  "term": "Supremacy Clause",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A provision in Article VI of the United States Constitution establishing that federal laws and treaties are the supreme law of the land. State laws that conflict with valid federal laws are preempted and rendered void. This clause establishes the hierarchy of laws within the American legal system, with the Constitution at its apex.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/supremacy-clause/"
}

Record 4,893 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.