Question

According to the supremacy clause in the Constitution, what happens if a federal law and state law are in conflict?

a conference committee is called to resolve differences between the national and state law

the state law is sent back to the state legislature to be revised

the President is given the power to remove either law through the power of veto

the federal law takes precedence over the state law

Answer 1

When state law and federal law conflict, federal law displaces, or preempts, state law, due to the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.