Article 6

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.

All debts and commitments made before the adoption of this Constitution will remain binding on the United States. They will be as valid under this Constitution as they were under the Confederation.

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.

This Constitution and the laws of the United States made under it are the supreme law of the land. So are all treaties made, now or in the future, under the authority of the United States. Judges in every State must follow this supreme law, even when a State’s constitution or laws conflict with it.

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.

The Senators and Representatives mentioned above must swear or affirm that they will support this Constitution. Members of all State Legislatures must also swear or affirm their support for this Constitution. So must all executive and judicial officers of both the United States and the individual States. But no religious test may ever be required for any office or position of public trust under the United States.