It was a matter of law. The law was contained in article four of the national constitution.

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You know of course that this is absolutely crucial to the study of the law to this day: what are the grounds for understanding the meaning of the Constitution, for example?

你们当然知道,今天这些问题对于法学研究很关键：,比如，理解宪法的,根据是什么？

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It's not merely a negative thing the way I think modern ideas about law, as for instance, represented in the American Constitution are, which is to say, its function is to prevent wrong doing, to punish wrong doing.

我的理解是,这里的法律,不仅仅指当今的法律条款,比如美国宪法所代表的那些内容,也就是,行使防范错误行为,以及惩罚错误行为的职能

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If so, it is time for those sworn to uphold our Constitution - law enforcement agencies, the courts and the executive and legislative branches - to monitor such activities and, where appropriate, take corrective action.

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First, under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, federal law trumped state law.

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