Article VI

• Clause 1 Obligations of New Federal Government
  • The Debts and Engagements Clause
• Clause 2 Supremacy Clause
  • Overview of the Supremacy Clause
  • Historical Background
    • The Articles of Confederation and Supremacy of Federal Law
    • The Supremacy Clause and the Constitutional Convention
    • Debate and Ratification of the Supremacy Clause
  • Doctrine and Practice
    • Early Doctrine on the Supremacy Clause
    • Dual Federalism in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
    • The New Deal and the Presumption Against Preemption
    • Current Doctrine on the Supremacy Clause
• Clause 3 Loyalty
  • Oath of Office
  • No Religious Test Clause
    • Historical Background on the Religious Test Clause
    • Interpretation of the Religious Test Clause