Mark Mitchell

Thank you so much.

All right.

Don't worry.

We'll get Robert Barnes back to talk about the Supremacy Clause.

One of the half measures I'm wondering about is why the Supremacy Clause is not... I mean, it's Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln.

These people always... They just did it quickly and swiftly.

When the federal authority was questioned, they did not evoke violence.

If violence was brought to them, they would bring it back.

But the Supremacy is...

you know let's let me let me specify for you where it is um in the constitution i think it's article six uh let me get it specifically it is article six clause two of the constitution here it is you everyone should be aware of this the constitution and the laws of the united states which whoops 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.

It means that the federal law is the supreme law of the land.

It supersedes everything.

Now, that's why when Lincoln had to send troops and supplies into Fort Sumter, he put his hand on the Bible and swore an oath to do exactly that.

There it is.

And so he said publicly, I am obliged by my oath to send supplies to Fort Sumter.

It is federal land and I must do so.

And I hope nothing happens as a result.

And the South Carolinians got quite exercised about that and fired like crazy and destroyed the fort and started the civil war.

Now,