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segrsyd

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on: Aug 3, 2018
Explain how the U.S. Supreme Court can invalidate state laws that conflict with federal law.
 
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Question 2

Case law is created by the judicial branch and statutory law is created by the _____ branch of government.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


kardosa007

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Reply #1 on: Aug 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The Supremacy Clause is found in Article VI of the U.S. Constitution. The Supremacy Clause makes the U.S. Constitution and the laws of the United States the supreme law of the land. When a state passes a law that conflicts with the Constitution, the U.S. Supreme Court has the power to declare that state law unconstitutional and unenforceable.

Answer to Question 2

legislative


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