Article VI of the United States Constitution

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Article VI of the United States Constitution is a foundational provision that establishes the supremacy of federal law, mandates that officials take an oath to support the Constitution, and prohibits religious tests for public office.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the United States Constitution ⓘ
adoptedOn 1788 ⓘ
appliesLevelOfGovernment federal government ⓘ
state governments ⓘ
appliesTo United States Constitution ⓘ
federal offices ⓘ
laws of the United States made in pursuance of the Constitution ⓘ
public trusts under the United States ⓘ
treaties made under the authority of the United States ⓘ
binds judges in every state ⓘ
citationStyle U.S. Const. art. VI ⓘ
citedIn Cooper v. Aaron ⓘ
Marbury v. Madison ⓘ
McCulloch v. Maryland ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple rule of law ⓘ
separation of church and state (in part via no religious test) ⓘ
containsClause No Religious Test Clause ⓘ
Oaths Clause ⓘ
Supremacy Clause ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
draftedAt Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia ⓘ
establishes Supremacy Clause ⓘ
oath requirement for federal and state officials ⓘ
prohibition of religious tests for public office ⓘ
governs relationship between federal and state law ⓘ
historicalContext part of the original text drafted at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect invalidates conflicting state constitutional provisions ⓘ
invalidates conflicting state statutes ⓘ
makes federal Constitution and laws supreme law of the land ⓘ
locationInDocument main body of the United States Constitution ⓘ
oathIsTo support the Constitution of the United States ⓘ
partOf United States Constitution ⓘ
prohibits religious test as a qualification for any office under the United States ⓘ
relatedDoctrine federal supremacy ⓘ
judicial review of state laws ⓘ
requiresOathFrom all executive officers of the United States ⓘ
all executive officers of the several states ⓘ
all judicial officers of the United States ⓘ
all judicial officers of the several states ⓘ
members of Congress ⓘ
members of state legislatures ⓘ
sectionCount 3 ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
supersedes state constitutions conflicting with federal Constitution ⓘ
state laws conflicting with federal Constitution ⓘ
state laws conflicting with federal statutes ⓘ
state laws conflicting with federal treaties ⓘ

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No Religious Test Clause → isPartOf → Article VI of the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States–Native American treaties → constitutionalBasis → Article VI of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Treaties of the United States → constitutionalBasis → Article VI of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Ableman v. Booth → involvesConstitutionalProvision → Article VI of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article VI, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution → partOf → Article VI of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article VI of the United States Constitution → citationStyle → U.S. Const. art. VI ⓘ
linked to: Article VI of the United States Constitution
United States federal system → supremacyClauseLocatedIn → Article VI of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe → constitutionalBasisDiscussed → U.S. Constitution Article VI ⓘ
linked to: Article VI of the United States Constitution
oath of office of the Vice President of the United States → legalBasis → Article VI of the United States Constitution ⓘ