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16: What is the Supremacy Clause? Article 6 and why the US Constitution Rules

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What is Article 6 of the US Constitution? This week we explore the supremacy clause, nullification, and why the US Constitution forbids religious texts. Come learn about how the supremacy clause shaped education discrimination and the legal foundation for federal civil rights.

00:00:35 What is the Constitution

00:01:41 Federal oath of office

00:02:09 Supreme law of the land

00:03:03 Article 6 Debts Clause

00:03:37 Article 6 Supremacy Clause

00:04:48 Supremacy Clause, Nullification, and School Desegregation Cases

00:05:42 Cooper v Aaron, Ruby Bridges, and the Little Rock Nine

00:07:21 Cooper v Aaron and the children’s freedom from discrimination

00:08:36 Segregation Academies and the history of Segregation for Wealthy People

00:09:48 “The Supreme Law of the Land” and you “can’t make war against the Constitution”

00:11:09 State governments versus the constitution: who decides?

00:11:38 Article 6 and religious tests and corruption of religion by politics

00:13:46 John Adams and a government of laws not of men

00:15:30 Conclusion




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