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You've heard it before: "the U.S. Constitution is the *blank*
. Just why is this the case? This clause is found in the United States Constitution, specifically in *blank*
, clause 2. This establishes the supremacy of the U.S. Constitution: it takes legal *blank*
to any laws or rulings of the states. This was actually first proposed by William Patterson of the Constitutional convention in his *blank*
plan of governments. In short, if a *blank*
law and a *blank*
law conflict, the national law takes precedence every time. If the US Supreme Court rules an action to be *blank*
, all states must abide by that ruling.