Does any part of the federal constitution provide the authority to override or trump the Ohio Constitution, or more specifically any part of this Proposed Amenedment?
The short answer is, No! To expound upon that; One of the checks and balances the Founding Fathers designed into our system of government was a distinct separation of powers between state and federal jurisdictions. The states delegated to the federal government certain limited powers pertaining primarily to international and interstate matters. The states retained to themselves all matters delegated to them by the people and not sub-delegated to the federal government. What this means is that each jurisdiction, state and federal, has supremacy within its own sphere of influence. For example, the federal government has supreme jurisdiction over all matters within the territories and federal enclaves, and matters pertaining to its enumerated powers stated in Article I, Section 8 of the federal Constitution. The states have supreme jurisdiction over all other matters, particularly those of a local or domestic interest. In regard to treaties, the states are subject to them only as much as
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