Document Type
Response or Comment
Publication Date
1-2010
Abstract
American government rests on the principle of distrust of government. Not only is power within the federal government checked and balanced. Power is divided between the federal government and the state governments. So what if a state law conflicts with a federal law? The Constitution says that the "Constitution, and the Laws of the United States ... shall be the supreme Law of the Land; ... any Thing in the ... Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding." Sometimes the conflict between federal and state law is obvious and the Supremacy Clause is easily applied. But sometimes ...
Recommended Citation
Schneider, Carl E. "Two Masters." Hastings Center Rep. 40, no. 1 (2010): 9-10.
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Reprinted with the permission of the Hastings Center Report and Wiley-Blackwell.