The second clause of Article VI, of the Constitution for the United States reads:
“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. “
This “Supremacy Clause” of Article VI of the Constitution for the United States, often invoked by the federal government and statists to demand compliance with federal dictates does NOT in fact give all federal laws supremacy over state laws dealing with the same issue(s). The clause grants that high and special value exclusively to “the Constitution and laws of the United States made in pursuance thereof.”
That phrase: “In pursuance thereof” is the very crux of the matter.
MEANING: Federal laws/regulations/policies/treaties and/or "executive orders" made “in pursuance of the Constitution” — NOT in violation of the Constitution — are afforded supremacy.
In fact, if an act of Congress, an “executive order" by the President, or a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court exceeds the scope of the enumerated limiting powers granted to the federal government in the Constitution, that act was NOT made in pursuance of the Constitution and therefore it is not only NOT the supreme law of the land, it is NOT even law, for such actions are nullified by the Constitution itself! More importantly, such actions ought to be recognized and denounced as an act of UNLAWFUL usurpation, tyranny, and ultimately, "resistance to the Ordinance of God". (Romans 13:2)
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