Study Guide

Constitution - Article 6

Article 6


The new US government established by the Constitution promised to take on all the debts racked up by the older, weaker national government of the Articles of Confederation. This signaled that the passage of the Constitution wasn't going to be used an excuse for the national government to shirk its debts.


The Constitution is the "supreme law of the land"; no other law passed by any of the states can trump the Constitution. Interestingly, treaties ratified by the Senate also gain the status of "supreme law of the land." So if the terms of a treaty ever contradict state laws, the terms of the treaty take precedence.

