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Legal Hierarchy: US Constitution

Michigan's Basic Legal Hierarchy

The Supremacy Clause

"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, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding."

U.S. Const. art. VI, cl. 2.

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