The Tenth Amendment, which states "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
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No. The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution (Article Six, Clause 2) states that the Constitution (and, by extension, federal law) are the law of last resort, and thus, that no state law (or constitution) can supercede them.
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The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution. In this provision, federal statutes, treaties, and the Constitution are considered the supreme laws of the land.
expand the power of the federal government.
The supremacy clause, which is a clause within Article VI of U.S. Constitution. It dictates that a federal law is "supreme law of the land".
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Federal law to supersede state law.
Federal Laws prevail over state laws because of the supremacy clause listed in the constitution. The Supremacy clause states that the constitution is the supreme law of the land. Therefore, federal laws are greater than state laws.
The correct order of the ladder of laws in the US from top to bottom is: the US Constitution, federal laws (including treaties), state constitutions, and state laws. The Supremacy Clause establishes that the US Constitution is the supreme law of the land, followed by federal laws and treaties.