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Supremacy Clause
Definition
Article VI of the Constitution, which declares that the Constitution, federal statutes, and treaties are the 'supreme law of the land' and override conflicting state laws. It is the textual foundation for all preemption doctrines.
Examples
- •Petitioner argued that uniquely federal interest preemption is difficult to reconcile with the Supremacy Clause because it displaces state law based on judge-made interests rather than enacted federal law