Darren New wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> I did not look it up. I do not understand the question. What does the
>> term "the
>> supreme law of the land" mean?
> 
> Oh. The Constitution says in the text that it is the supreme law of the
> land. If other laws are made that are in conflict with the Constitution,
> the Constitution wins. If the Constitution says "You may not keep women
> from voting", and some state passes a law that says women may not vote,
> that state law is overruled by the supreme law of the land and is
> unenforcible.
> 

My first reaction was to just shake my head in wonderment about how only
28% could get that right. Then I checked the Supremacy Clause of the
Constitution. It isn't just the Constitution, but also Federal Statutes
and Treaties.

Given recent history, I would not have remembered the last part.

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