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→Article VI [Debts. Supremacy clause, Oath of Office & no religious Test]
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==Article VI [Debts. Supremacy clause, Oath of Office & no religious Test]== | ==Article VI [Debts. Supremacy clause, Oath of Office & no religious Test]== | ||
'''{#tip-text:Article 6 overview|Article 6 provides for: | '''{#tip-text:Article 6. overview|Article 6 provides for: | ||
* transfer of debts from before the Constitution | * transfer of debts from before the Constitution | ||
* the Constitution and federal laws enacted under it will be "supreme" over state laws | * the Constitution and federal laws enacted under it will be "supreme" over state laws | ||
* federal and state officers must take an oath to support the Constitution | * federal and state officers must take an oath to support the Constitution | ||
* there will be no "religious Test" for holding office}}''' | * there will be no "religious Test" for holding office}}''' | ||
All '''{{#tip-text:Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution|Assumption of Debts | All '''{{#tip-text:Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution|Assumption of Debts | ||
* a key point in adoption of the Constitution concerned the disposition of debts accrued by the states during and after the Revolution | * a key point in adoption of the Constitution concerned the disposition of debts accrued by the states during and after the Revolution | ||
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* protects from a requirement that to hold office one must adhere to a certain religion | * protects from a requirement that to hold office one must adhere to a certain religion | ||
* this clause comes from the long colonial experience with religious dissent and freedom, as well as the long troubles in Britain over religious qualifications, as the British government had required not just that government officials belong to the Church of England, but that all citizens must attend its mass | * this clause comes from the long colonial experience with religious dissent and freedom, as well as the long troubles in Britain over religious qualifications, as the British government had required not just that government officials belong to the Church of England, but that all citizens must attend its mass | ||
* the religious Test applies only to official offices, but it marks an important affirmation of the protection of religious freedom}}''' shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States. | * the religious Test applies only to official offices, but it marks an important affirmation of the protection of religious freedom}}''' shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States. | ||
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