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To: porter_knorr
Does the Supreme Court have the authority to invalidate a state constitution?

Yes, under the Supremacy Clause, the federal Constitution trumps "anything in the Constitution or Laws of any State." Brown v. Board of Education, for example, invalidated several state constitutions which required school segregation.

95 posted on 09/03/2015 8:20:30 AM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

ok...
(but) doesn’t a new law have to be implemented? In order to be enforced?


96 posted on 09/03/2015 8:35:16 AM PDT by porter_knorr
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