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U.S. Constitution Article 6, Paragraph 2

“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.”

Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137

Congress does not have the power to pass laws that override the Constitution, such as by expanding the scope of the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction.

Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105

“No state shall convert a liberty into a license, and charge a fee therefore.”

Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham, Alabama, 373 U.S. 262

“If the State converts a right (liberty) into a privilege, the citizen can ignore the license and fee and engage in the right (liberty) with impunity.”

Norton v. Shelby County,  118 U.S. 425 (1886)

An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation as inoperative as though it had never been passed.