That national laws prevail over conflicting state laws is part of the Constitution's

Surveys reveal that Americans are ___________ confident about government and politics

a. becoming more b. neither more nor less c. less d. overly

The Fourteenth Amendment is a broadly worded and widely utilized law. Its original intent, however, was to ______

A) protect freed slaves from discriminatory state laws B) ensure that the needs of the state governments were protected C) protect President Lincoln from impeachment during a time of war D) give citizens powerful rights against the government E) protect the government from overly aggressive citizens