Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution

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Supremacy Clause constitutional clause

Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, known as the Supremacy Clause, establishes that the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties are the supreme law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Article VI of the United States Constitution	5
Article VI of the U.S. Constitution	1
Article VI, Clause 2	1
Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution canonical	1
Supremacy Clause of United States Constitution	1
The Supremacy Clause makes the Constitution and federal court decisions binding on the states	1
Treaty Clause of the United States Constitution	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T204662 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution
Context triple: [Hines v. Davidowitz, constitutionalProvision, Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution]

A. Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that requires each state to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
B. Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that establishes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and guarantees life tenure and salary protection for federal judges.
C. Article II of the United States Constitution
Article II of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, defining the powers, duties, and election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
D. Article I of the United States Constitution
Article I of the United States Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, defining the structure, powers, and procedures of Congress.
E. Full Faith and Credit Clause
The Full Faith and Credit Clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution that requires states to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution
Target entity description: Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, known as the Supremacy Clause, establishes that the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties are the supreme law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.

A. Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that requires each state to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
B. Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that establishes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and guarantees life tenure and salary protection for federal judges.
C. Article II of the United States Constitution
Article II of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, defining the powers, duties, and election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
D. Article I of the United States Constitution
Article I of the United States Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, defining the structure, powers, and procedures of Congress.
E. Full Faith and Credit Clause
The Full Faith and Credit Clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution that requires states to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Supremacy Clause ⓘ constitutional clause ⓘ
adoptedOn	1788 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Supremacy Clause ⓘ surface form: Supremacy of the Constitution Clause
appliesIn	all U.S. states ⓘ all U.S. territories ⓘ
appliesTo	United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the United States federal statutes made in pursuance of the Constitution ⓘ state constitutions ⓘ state court decisions ⓘ state laws ⓘ treaties made under the authority of the United States ⓘ
bindingOn	federal courts ⓘ state governments ⓘ state judges ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1789-03-04 ⓘ
category	Clauses of the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple	federal supremacy ⓘ hierarchy of laws ⓘ preemption of state law ⓘ
contradicts	state constitutional provisions that conflict with the U.S. Constitution ⓘ state laws that conflict with valid federal law ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
draftedAt	Constitutional Convention ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia Convention
ensures	priority of federal treaties over conflicting state law ⓘ uniform application of federal law across all states ⓘ
hasShortName	Supremacy Clause ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
language	English ⓘ
legalEffect	binds state judges to apply federal law over conflicting state law ⓘ establishes the Constitution as the supreme law of the land ⓘ gives supremacy to federal laws made pursuant to the Constitution ⓘ gives supremacy to treaties made under the authority of the United States ⓘ invalidates conflicting state constitutions ⓘ invalidates conflicting state regulations ⓘ invalidates conflicting state statutes ⓘ
partOf	Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Article VI of the U.S. Constitution United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the United States
relatedDoctrine	federal preemption doctrine ⓘ judicial review ⓘ state nullification (rejected doctrine) ⓘ
textBeginsWith	"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof;" ⓘ
textContains	"any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding" ⓘ "shall be the supreme Law of the Land" ⓘ "the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby" ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hines v. Davidowitz → constitutionalProvision → Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

Article VI → citedAs → Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Article VI of the United States Constitution

this entity surface form: Article VI, Clause 2

Texas Constitution → subjectTo → Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supremacy Clause of United States Constitution

De Canas v. Bica → constitutionalProvisionInvolved → Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ