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.
1. | Articles of Confederation, art. 13, 1 Mar. 1781 |
2. | Continental Congress, 21 Mar. 1787 |
3. | John Jay, Continental Congress, 13 Apr. 1787 |
4. | Alexander Hamilton, Remarks on Act Repealing Laws Inconsistent with Treaty of Peace, New York Assembly, 17 Apr. 1787 |
5. | Records of the Federal Convention |
6. | Charles Pinckney, Observations on the Plan of Government, 1787 |
7. | Edmund Randolph, Suggestions for the Conciliation of the Small States, 10 July 1787 |
8. | James McClurg to James Madison, 22 Aug. 1787 |
9. | Federal Farmer, no. 4, 12 Oct. 1787 |
10. | An Old Whig, no. 2, Fall 1787 |
11. | James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 24 Oct. 1787 |
12. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 15, 90--98, 1 Dec. 1787 |
13. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 27, 171--75, 25 Dec. 1787 |
14. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 33, 207--8, 2 Jan. 1788 |
15. | Debate in South Carolina House of Representatives, 16--17 Jan. 1788 |
16. | James Madison, Federalist, no. 44, 306, 25 Jan. 1788 |
17. | Impartial Examiner, no. 1, 20 Feb. 1788 |
18. | George Mason, Virginia Ratifying Convention, 11 June 1788 |
19. | Debate in North Carolina Ratifying Convention, 29--30 July 1788 |
20. | James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 2 Jan. 1791 |
21. | Ware v. Hylton |
22. | Kentucky Resolutions, 10 Nov. 1798 14 Nov. 1799 |
23. | James Madison, Virginia Resolutions, 21 Dec. 1798 |
24. | John Marshall, Report of the Minority on the Virginia Resolutions, 22 Jan. 1799 |
25. | United States v. Robins |
26. | James Madison, Report on the Virginia Resolutions, Jan. 1800 |
27. | United States v. Schooner Peggy |
28. | St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries 1:App. 369--70, 1803 |
29. | John Breckenridge, Municipal Authority to Impose Taxes, 28 Apr. 1806 |
30. | Harrison v. Sterry |
31. | McKim v. Voorhies |
32. | Fairfax's Devisee v. Hunter's Lessee |
33. | United States v. Hart |
34. | McCulloch v. Maryland |
35. | Cohens v. Virginia |
36. | United States v. Hoar |
37. | James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 27 June 1823 |
38. | William Wirt, Right to Tax Government Property, 8 Sept. 1823 |
39. | Gibbons v. Ogden |
40. | American Insurance Co. v. Canter |
41. | Andrew Jackson, Veto Message, 10 July 1832 |
42. | Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 3:§§ 1831--33, 1835--36, 1833 |
43. | James Madison, Notes on Nullification 1835--36 |
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