The difference is that which always exists, and always must exist, between the action of the whole on a part, and the action of a part on the whole--between the laws of a government declared to be supreme, and those of a government which, when in opposition to those laws, is not supreme....
Beveridge discusses the fundamental differences between the actions of a whole government versus a part, highlighting the supremacy of federal law.
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