Article VI  Supreme Law

• Overview of Article VI, Supreme Law
• Clause 1 Obligations of New Federal Government
  • Debts and Engagements Clause
• Clause 2 Supremacy Clause
  • Overview of Supremacy Clause
  • Historical Background
    • Articles of Confederation and Supremacy of Federal Law
    • Supremacy Clause and the Constitutional Convention
    • Debate and Ratification of Supremacy Clause
  • Doctrine
    • Early Doctrine on Supremacy Clause
    • Dual Federalism in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
    • New Deal and Presumption Against Preemption
    • Modern Doctrine on Supremacy Clause
• Clause 3 Oaths of Office
  • Oaths of Office Generally
  • Religious Test
    • Historical Background on Religious Test for Government Offices
    • Interpretation of Religious Test Clause