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What State Constitutional Law Can Tell Us About the Federal Constitution Joseph Blocher* INTRODUCTION Courts and scholars have long sought to illuminate the relationship between state and federal constitutional law Yet their attention, like the relationship itself, has largely been one-sided: State courts have
Countries fall into two broad categories based on the relationship between international and domestic law (Feldman 1999): • In monist countries, international law automatically takes effect in domestic law • In dualist countries such as Myanmar, international law must be implemented by domestic law before it is given domestic effect
• Article IV addresses the relationship between the states and their citizens, how to handle the admission of new states, and how to govern federal territories (It also includes the infamous Fugitive Slave Clause ) • Article V sets out the process for amending the Constitution • Article VI establishes the supremacy of national law over