Supremacy Clause

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constitutional clause legal doctrine

The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that establishes federal law and the Constitution as the highest law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.

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Label	Occurrences
Supremacy Clause canonical	41
Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution	11
Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution	5
Supremacy Clause of Article VI of the U.S. Constitution	1
Supremacy of the Constitution Clause	1
the Constitution is the supreme Law of the Land	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16998 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Supremacy Clause
Context triple: [United States Constitution, contains, Supremacy Clause]

A. United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States that established the national framework of government, separated powers among branches, and protects fundamental rights through its articles and amendments.
B. District of Columbia Home Rule Act
The District of Columbia Home Rule Act is a U.S. federal law that grants Washington, D.C. limited self-government, including an elected mayor and council, while reserving ultimate authority to Congress.
C. Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
D. Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the U.S. judiciary, serving as the final arbiter of constitutional and federal law.
E. Presidential Succession Act
The Presidential Succession Act is a U.S. federal law that establishes the order in which federal officials assume the powers and duties of the presidency if the president and other higher-ranking successors are unable to serve.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supremacy Clause
Target entity description: The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that establishes federal law and the Constitution as the highest law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.

A. United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States that established the national framework of government, separated powers among branches, and protects fundamental rights through its articles and amendments.
B. District of Columbia Home Rule Act
The District of Columbia Home Rule Act is a U.S. federal law that grants Washington, D.C. limited self-government, including an elected mayor and council, while reserving ultimate authority to Congress.
C. Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
D. Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the U.S. judiciary, serving as the final arbiter of constitutional and federal law.
E. Presidential Succession Act
The Presidential Succession Act is a U.S. federal law that establishes the order in which federal officials assume the powers and duties of the presidency if the president and other higher-ranking successors are unable to serve.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ legal doctrine ⓘ
appliesTo	United States Constitution ⓘ federal statutes ⓘ state administrative regulations ⓘ state constitutions ⓘ state court decisions ⓘ state statutes ⓘ treaties made under the authority of the United States ⓘ
basisFor	conflict preemption ⓘ express preemption ⓘ field preemption ⓘ implied preemption ⓘ
binds	judges in every state ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateRatified	1788 ⓘ
defines	Constitution as the supreme Law of the Land ⓘ
effectiveFrom	June 21, 1788 ⓘ
ensures	that state officials are bound by the U.S. Constitution ⓘ that states cannot nullify federal law ⓘ
establishes	supremacy of federal laws over state laws ⓘ supremacy of federal treaties over state laws ⓘ supremacy of the U.S. Constitution over other laws ⓘ
foundIn	Article VI of the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Article VI Article VI, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Article VI
governs	priority of federal law over state law ⓘ relationship between federal treaties and state law ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
interpretedInCase	Arizona v. United States ⓘ Cooper v. Aaron ⓘ linked to: Brown v. Board of Education Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council ⓘ Gibbons v. Ogden ⓘ Hines v. Davidowitz ⓘ McCulloch v. Maryland ⓘ Ware v. Hylton ⓘ
legalSystem	United States federal law ⓘ
limits	state sovereignty in areas governed by valid federal law ⓘ
overrides	conflicting state constitutions ⓘ conflicting state court decisions ⓘ conflicting state laws ⓘ conflicting state regulations ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
purpose	to ensure national legal uniformity on federal matters ⓘ to resolve conflicts between federal and state law ⓘ
relatedTo	federal preemption doctrine ⓘ federalism in the United States ⓘ judicial review ⓘ
requires	state judges to follow federal law when there is a conflict ⓘ
sourceText	"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land" ⓘ "and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding" ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Constitution → contains → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Marbury v. Madison → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Commerce Clause → relatedProvision → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Necessary and Proper Clause → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Full Faith and Credit Clause → distinguishedFrom → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council → legalIssue → Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Supremacy Clause

Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

McCulloch v. Maryland → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

McCulloch v. Maryland → reinforcedClause → Supremacy Clause of Article VI of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Supremacy Clause

Arizona v. United States → constitutionalProvisionInvolved → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Hines v. Davidowitz → legalIssue → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Hines v. Davidowitz → constitutionalProvision → Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Supremacy Clause

The Federalist No. 44 → discusses → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Ware v. Hylton → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Supremacy Clause

Ware v. Hylton → relatedConcept → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Article VI of the United States Constitution → establishes → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

subject linked to: Article VI

Article VI of the United States Constitution → contains → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

subject linked to: Article VI

Article VI of the United States Constitution → declares → the Constitution is the supreme Law of the Land ⓘ

subject linked to: Article VI

linked to: Supremacy Clause

Article VI of the United States Constitution → citedAs → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

subject linked to: Article VI

Zschernig v. Miller → constitutionalProvision → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Trump v. Vance → constitutionalProvision → Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Supremacy Clause

Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

De Canas v. Bica → constitutionalProvisionInvolved → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution → hasShortName → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Supremacy of the Constitution Clause ⓘ

linked to: Supremacy Clause

Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

North Carolina Constitution → subjectTo → Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject linked to: North Carolina state constitution

linked to: Supremacy Clause

Cooper v. Aaron → constitutionalProvision → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

The Federalist No. 32 → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Ware v. Hylton → constitutionalContext → Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

subject linked to: Ware

linked to: Supremacy Clause

Property Clause → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Guarantee Clause → distinctFrom → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

U.S. Constitution in Treasury activities → basedOn → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Cohens v. Virginia → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Supremacy Clause

Cohens v. Virginia → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

U.S. states → areLimitedBy → Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Supremacy Clause

John Marshall Court → constitutionalFocus → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Compact Clause of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Supremacy Clause

United States sovereign immunity law → governedBy → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Ex parte Young → relatedConstitutionalProvision → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Texas state law → mustComplyWith → Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Supremacy Clause

Ableman v. Booth → involvesConstitutionalProvision → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Enclave Clause → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

United States v. Gardner → appliesDoctrine → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Federal enclaves doctrine → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Article VI, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Article VI of the United States Constitution → establishes → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Article VI of the United States Constitution → containsClause → Supremacy Clause ⓘ

Constitution of Japan Article 98 → comparedWith → Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Supremacy Clause

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