On July 15, Carter delivered a nationally televised speech in which he called for long-term limits on oil imports and the development of synthetic fuels. But he also stated, "all the legislation in the world can't fix what's wrong with America.
Which is based on the Supremacy Clause, federal law preempts state law, even when the laws conflict. Thus, a federal court may require a state to stop certain behavior it believes interferes with, or is in conflict with, federal law.
Answer: Other congressmen argued that the congress did not yet have sufficient constitutional power to enact this law. Following passage of the fourteenth Amendment in 1868 congress ratified the 1866 ACT in 1870.
