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If a state law is in conflict with a national law, a state judge must?

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The Supremacy Clause is a clause within Article VI of the U.S. Constitution which dictates that federal law is the "supreme law of the land." ... Under the doctrine of preemption, which is based on the Supremacy Clause, federal law preempts state law, even when the laws conflict.


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uphold the Constitutional law.

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