This excerpt from Article VI, paragraph 2 of the US Constitution is normally seen as the most important part of the Supremacy Clause. This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof . . . shall be the supreme Law of the Land. –Article VI, paragraph 2 of the US Constitution What does the Supremacy Clause say about the power of the federal government? The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. State governments have more power than the federal government. State and federal governments share all powers in the United States. Federal laws are more powerful than the Constitution.