alleryStart learning →The supremacy clause is found in which article of the Constitution?
AArticle VI
BArticle III
CArticle V
DArticle II
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Article VI
1. The supremacy clause appears in Article VI of the Constitution.
2. It declares that the Constitution and federal law are the supreme law of the land.
3. Where a state law clashes with a federal law that is within the national government's constitutional authority, the federal law prevails.
4. The chapter stresses that its intent is not to subordinate the states but to affirm that one body of laws binds the country.
_Source: OpenStax American Government 3e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "American Federalism", §3.1 The Division of Powers_
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