Homework Help: criminal law

Posted by Mary on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 12:45pm.

1 Constitutional law The law as expressed in the U.S. Constitution and the
various state constitutions. The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
State constitutions are supreme within state borders to the extent that they do not
violate the U.S. Constitution or a federal law.

Please explain so I can uderstand

criminal law - Writeacher, Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 1:02pm
The US Constitution contains the "highest" laws of our country. That is, no other constitutions or laws can be in contradiction to the US Constitution in our country.

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