It is of the very essence of supremacy to remove all obstacles to its action within its own sphere, and so to modify every power vested in subordinate governments as to exempt its own operations from their own influence.
Beveridge discusses the necessity of removing obstacles to the federal government's actions to maintain its supremacy.
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