Tag Archives | Supremacy Clause

Firearms and the Constitution Versus Treaties

By on August 18, 2010 in Constitution, Featured

There is no loophole that can allow international interests to trump the U.S. Constitution, but the treaty must be made in pursuance of our Constitution, just as all laws that Congress makes must be in pursuance of the Constitution.

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State Nullification vs Federal Supremacy

By on July 6, 2010 in Featured, Nullification, State Sovereignty

When a state determines a federal law is unconstitutional and they pass legislation making the federal law null and void within their state it is not rebellion…

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Who’s Supreme? The Supremacy Clause Smackdown

By on March 29, 2010 in Constitution, Enumerated Powers, Founding Principles

This debate ultimately boils down to loose interpretation verses strict construction. Thomas Jefferson had the best line on this issue. When asked to read between the lines to “find” implied powers, Jefferson responded that he had done that, and he “found only blank space.”

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Federal Law is Always Supreme. Right?

By on January 15, 2010 in Constitution, Federalism

Those who eye a nationalist agenda, desiring to finally complete the subjugation of states to mere mid-management levels, have long embraced the notion states are subordinate while the federal government is supreme.

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Getting the Supremacy Clause Wrong

By on October 30, 2009 in Audio/Video, Constitution, Video

by Michael Boldin A recent article in the New York Times covered the growth of state-level resistance to a future national health care plan. For example, in 2010, voters in Arizona will have a chance to approve a state constitutional amendment that would effectively ban national health care in that state. Legislators in Florida and [...]

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