ARTICLE 6. SECTION 1.
ARTICLE VI
All debts contracted and engagements entered into,
before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution,
as under the Confederation. (WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CONSTITUTION AND THE “CONFEDERATION”?)
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; (HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO ADMIRALTY LAW?) and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any thing in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. (WHAT IF THE JUDGES NEVER WENT TO LAW SCHOOL?)
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several State legislatures, and a
ll executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States. (WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RELIGION AND A PHILOSOPHY?)
END OF ARTICLE 6.
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