A state constitutional provision conflicts with a valid federal statute.Under the Supremacy Clause:
A) the federal statute is supreme.
B) the state constitutional provision is supreme.
C) the federal statute is supreme if Congress has expressly so provided.
D) the state constitutional provision is supreme if it expressly so states.

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The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution establishes that federal law is supreme over state law. Therefore, in case of a conflict between a state constitutional provision and a valid federal statute, the federal statute would be supreme. Congress does not need to expressly state this for the federal statute to be supreme.

A State Constitutional Provision Conflicts with a Valid Federal Statute