Question

The Supremacy Clause makes what the

"Supreme Law of the Land?"
A. The Declaration of Independence
B. The United States Constitution
C. The State Constitutions

Answer 1

The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution of the United States (Article VI, Clause 2), establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the "supreme Law of the Land", and thus take priority over any conflicting state laws.

A. The United States Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.

B. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution. Originally comprising seven articles, it delineates the national frame of government.

C. A state constitution is the governing document of a U.S. state, comparable to the United States Constitution which is the governing document of the United States.