The Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Clause 2) stipulates that the Constitution is the absolute final authority in the United States. In practical terms, it means that no other law or legal entity can override the Constitution; in addition, it also means that legally-derived powers granted by the Constitution have similar supreme authority over any other claim of authority in the U.S.
From a functional standpoint, the Supremacy Clause made clear that State laws are subservient the Federal Laws.
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The supremacy clause of the US Constitution means that, if a state law and a federal law are in conflict or inconsistent with each other, the provisions of the federal law are in control.
Yes. The Articles of Confederation do not mention slavery in any way. This absence does not mean slavery was forbidden; rather, since there was no express ban of slavery under the Articles, slavery was indeed permitted in the U.S. under these statutes. Similarly the original Constitution does not mention slavery. Rather, in Article I, section 2, clause c, slaves are indicated in the phrase "and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons." while in Article I, section 9, clause a, Congress is forbidden to an the slave trade until 1808 at the earliest. Similarly article IV, section 2, clause c, established the first fugitive slave ordinance under the new Constitution.
As outlined in the US Constitution, Americans, while holding office, cannot accept foreign titles. This is found in Article I, Section 9, Clause 8, and is known as the Title of Nobility Clause.
You must be 25, presuming you mean elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (per Article I, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution). The age varies for U.S. state legislatures (each state sets its own limits), and of course, it is different in other countries.
It’s true that Article 1, Section 8 says: [The Congress shall have the power] to establish Post Offices and Post Roads. Thus, the Constitution allows the government to get involved in postal services, but that doesn’t mean that it has to.
Most of the expressed powers of Congress are found in Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution. While the powers are clearly stated, custom and usage has changed some of the powers. The last clause of that Article, the so-called elastic clause, is responsible for the modification of the powers of Congress. The clause gives Congress the right to "make all laws necessary and proper." It stretches the power of Congress. But, what do the words necessary and proper mean? The issue became part of the "strict" versus "loose" interpretation of the Constitution. In 1819 the Supreme Court addressed this problem in McCulloch v Maryland. The Court ruled in favor of a loose interpretation. This decision gave the Congress the power to make any laws that were necessary to carry out its expressed powers.