In Brown v.Board of Education (1954),the Supreme Court ruled that schools segregated by race were unconstitutional.In response,some states opposed to desegregation passed laws to prevent the desegregation of schools.However,the Supreme Court again ruled in Cooper v.Aaron (1958)that their 1954 decision was binding on all states,regardless of conflicting state laws.Which clause in the Constitution allowed the Supreme Court to make this 1958 ruling?

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The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution (Article VI, Clause 2) establishes that the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties are the supreme law of the land. This means that when there is a conflict between federal and state law, federal law takes precedence. In Cooper v. Aaron, the Supreme Court used the Supremacy Clause to declare that their decision in Brown v. Board of Education was binding on all states, even if states had passed laws opposing desegregation. Therefore, the answer is B, supremacy clause.

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