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The core message of the Supremacy Clause is simple: the Constitution and federal laws (of the types listed in the first part of the Clause) take priority over any conflicting rules of state law. This principle is so familiar that we often take it for granted.

Federal law is the highest authority; therefore, federal law supersedes or supplants any state or local regulation or statute that conflicts it. This doctrine comes from the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution (U.S. Const. art. VI., § 2).

This means that if a state law and a federal law disagree, the federal law will win. This is a very important rule in the American legal system. It helps to stop different states from having different laws that could confuse people and make things unfair.

With respect to conflicts between state and federal law, the Supremacy Clause establishes a different hierarchy: federal law wins regardless of the order of enactment. But this hierarchy matters only if the two laws do indeed contradict each other, such that applying one would require disregarding the other.

The Rule of Thumb: Stricter Law Wins While federal laws set a baseline standard, states have the authority to impose stricter regulations. Conversely, there may be cases when a federal law is more strict than a state law. When state and federal laws conflict, the stricter law should take precedence.

Federal law is the highest authority; therefore, federal law supersedes or supplants any state or local regulation or statute that conflicts it. This doctrine comes from the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution (U.S. Const. art.

Grounded in the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, federal preemption stands for the principle that federal law supersedes conflicting state law. Federal preemption is still important, of course, but in recent years, it has been joined in prominence by state preemption.