| Article VI |
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| All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of |
| this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this |
| Constitution, as under the Confederation. |
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| 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, any Thing in the Constitution |
| or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. |
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| The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the |
| several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of |
| the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or |
| Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever |
| be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United |
| States. |
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