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>Most law, and most law courts deal with is federal law, not constitutional law. A lot of the most contentious recent court issues could be addressed with feder
by nobody9999 1y ago
>Most law, and most law courts deal with is federal law, not constitutional law. A lot of the most contentious recent court issues could be addressed with federal laws. It's just congress is lazy and doesn't want to go on record.
In the United States, the Constitution is federal law. In fact, it is the supreme law of the land. Full stop.
cf. US Constitution, Article VI Clause 2.[0][1]
[0] https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/full-text https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/full-text
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause