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which constitutional principle maintains that laws and treaties made by the national government take precedence over state laws?

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The Supremacy Clause is included in the U.S. Constitution's Article VI, paragraph 2. It claims that federal law, which includes the constitution, takes precedence over state legislation and even state constitutions.

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