"Steve" wrote in message
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On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 15:13:35 -0600, "Wolfgang"
wrote:

Does it override state jurisdiction?

Yes.

By what authority?

From Article VI of the United States Constitution:

"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; and
the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the
Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding."

Wolfgang
who, though he never envisioned himself as a teacher of constitutional law,
finds the task rather less daunting than he supposed.