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.
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.
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.