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What is the supreme law of the land in the USA?

Article VI, clause 2 (the Supremacy Clause) makes the Constitution, with federal laws and treaties made under it, the supreme law of the land. The Constitution replaced the…

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Article VI, clause 2 (the Supremacy Clause) makes the Constitution, with federal laws and treaties made under it, the supreme law of the land. The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation, the Declaration of Independence announced separation from Britain, and the Emancipation Proclamation was a wartime presidential order.

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