Supremacy Clause

This paper is going Describe the organization and structure of the American legal system by defining the different roles of the federal and state governments, it will also describe the Supremacy Clause and explain what happens when there is a direct conflict between federal and state law.
Roles of the Federal Government
The founding founders intended the United States to be ruled under the system of federalism. The Introduction to Law textbook defines federalism by saying “federalism is a system of government in which the people are regulated by both federal and state governments” (Hames&Ekern, pg.16). In the United States citizens are structured by two separate governments, federal and state.
The federal government has partial power over all fifty states and it is given express power from the constitution. Express powers are approved by the U.S. Congress in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, which gives Congress the right to regulate such matters such as the coining of money, declare war, create post offices, and raise and support armies. Along with the express powers, the federal government also has the say so to make all laws that are essential and appropriate for implementing any of the stated powers. When Congress makes laws under this ruling it is using its implied
These powers include construction highways, court systems, applying laws, as well as the creating and gathering taxes. Both the federal and states government employ workers to build roads and highways, healthcare and public safety to provide, all of which require money. Those funding comes from federal, state, and local taxes. These taxes are called sales tax, income tax, estate taxes, gasoline tax, property tax etc. When breaking down the need for taxes on both the federal and state level, it shows quite clearly the different needs of taxes on both levels of government, and why this is shared