VI.
All debts contracted and engagements entered into before
the adoption of this Constitution shall be as valid against the
United States under this Constitution as under the confederation.
This constitution, and the laws of the United States which
shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or
which shall be made, under the authority of the United
States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges
in every state shall be bound thereby, any thing in the
constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
The senators and representatives beforementioned, and the
members of the several state legislatures, and all executive
and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the
several States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support
this constitution; but no religious test shall ever be
required as a qualification to any office or public trust under
the United States.
