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Cooper v. Aaron

November 28, 2018 by: Content Team

Following is the case brief for Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1 (1958) Case Summary of Cooper v. Aaron: After the U.S. Supreme Court issued its now famous Brown v. Board of Education decision, desegregating the schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, the Governor and Legislature of Arkansas actively resisted the Court’s decision. The chaos and turmoil the state officials created […]

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Supremacy Clause

March 13, 2016 by: Content Team

The Supremacy Clause is an article in the United States Constitution that specifies that federal laws and treaties made under the authority of the Constitution are the supreme law of the land. Found in Article VI, Clause 2, the clause provides that states cannot interfere with federal law, and that federal law supersedes conflicting state laws. In addition, this supreme law is binding on […]

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