Show A I J e WKLY WEEKLY fi CONS TIT UTI ONAL fn MAX BERNS When Two Laws Latus Clash What That happens when one law con con- with another Cutler Oil our Constitution there can b be nu no conflict het between Congress and andI I the he Courts hilt but only between differ differ- in ut II In laws ws The conflict arises because mr 1111 system nf of government n provides or CI lawi laws of nf fOil four nur I different degrees of t minority as follows 1 I Tile The I Constitution the eine In law w ti II 11 l Laws passed assed by Iy Congress Con Con- gress greas I III I I State Stat Constitutions IV State Slate Statutes passed IJ by state stat 11 1 latu res State Slate laws III or IV I are Inferior to 0 f laws CI I or II and a law passed ed by r s I II I Is inferior to lo the I J Obviously a tI citizen cannot obey oboy two laws that conflict with wilh each ot other othel iier hera because luse ti se I if f hf lie obeys on one e he 1 disobeys diR dis Is obeys the other Therefore the inferior ilor I law w necessarily mily ly must K g gi ge ve ye wa way to the superior law aw In such cases W we we the pl people 0 ec specify if In our Constitution Con that he Supreme Court shall art act for COI t I 15 s and decide But the Court does oes not hot dec decide lle whether a t lawis law lawis lawis is good or bad had It merely lays lus the Inferior la law alongside the lion tion as the supreme law Ian and decides that the two harmonize or conflict If It they conflict the Court simply so 80 states that states that Is Is declares the Inferior law unconstitutional The rule Is simple and the procedure procedure l I J JI I I I I dure u un When one law conflicts with another the Inferior law necessarily must give way to the au superior perl lor or la lay law Without such a procedure interior inferior laws would take precedence nce over su sn perlor laws and ultimately nullify our Constitution which we the p peo o opie pie specify Is 18 the supreme law Next Week A CIA National an and Federal Government V Copyright 1936 by Max Berns |