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and State laws. It also establishes the supremacy of Federal laws and treaties over State constitutions and State laws, so long as they are made in
pursuance of (in conformity with) the Constitution and are therefore constitutional. If an act of Congress is constitutional, and conflicts with a
State constitution or law, the Federal law prevails. Thus, a provision of a
State constitution or law, even if it conforms to the United States Constitution, may nevertheless b