Speech #850249333

Under the Constitution. the Congress is vested with two types of jurisdiction. viz. first. exclusive jurisdiction in which the State legislatures have no part. and second. concurrent jurisdiction in which the State legislatures have a share. With respect to legislation in the field of exclusive jurisdiction. any act passed by Congresswhich does not violate some other constitutional restrictionis the supreme law of the land. whether or not Congress expresses its intent that it should be. Accordingly. laws passed by Congress in the fields of foreign relations. war. naturalization. or coinage of money are absolutely supreme and may not be modified or infringed by any State statute. With respect to a legislative field where there is concurrent jurisdiction between the Federal Government and the State governments. any law passed by the Congress is the supreme law of the land provided. one. it contains a specific provision indicating Congressional intent to make it so. or two. there is a direct and positive conflict between the Federal statute and the State statute so that the two cannot be reconciled or consistently stand together. What gives rise to H.