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Americans who advocated annexation evinced a variety of motivations: desire for commercial opportunities in Asia, concern that the Filipinos were incapable of self-rule, and fear that if the United States did not take control of the islands, another power (such as Germany or Japan) might do so.
Supremacy clause
It establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the supreme law of the land. It assures that the Constitution and federal laws and treaties take precedence over state law
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You could talk about the first amendment, and how it says that congress can't pass laws that "abridge" your freedom of speech. People should be able to say whatever they want, so the public should be held responsible for what people can or cannot say, not the government.
