TASK DEFINITION: Given a text passage, come up with an appropriate title for it. The title should accurately represent what the main focus of the passage is. The title of a passage may be present in the first few sentences of the passage and/or be referred to multiple times in the passage. The title should be 1-5 words long.
PROBLEM: The Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution ( Article VI , Clause 2 ) establishes that the Constitution , federal laws made pursuant to it , and treaties made under its authority , constitute the supreme law of the land . It provides that state courts are bound by the supreme law ; in case of conflict between federal and state law , the federal law must be applied . Even state constitutions are subordinate to federal law . In essence , it is a conflict - of - laws rule specifying that certain national acts take priority over any state acts that conflict with national law . In this respect , the Supremacy Clause follows the lead of Article XIII of the Articles of Confederation , which provided that `` Every State shall abide by the determination of the United States in Congress Assembled , on all questions which by this confederation are submitted to them . '' A constitutional provision announcing the supremacy of federal law , the Supremacy Clause assumes the underlying priority of federal authority , at least when that authority is expressed in the Constitution itself . No matter what the federal government or the states might wish to do , they have to stay within the boundaries of the Constitution . This makes the Supremacy Clause the cornerstone of the whole American political structure .

SOLUTION: Supremacy Clause

PROBLEM: The modern petty officer dates back to the Age of Sail . Petty officers rank between naval officers ( both commissioned and warrant ) and most enlisted sailors . These were men with some claim to officer rank , sufficient to distinguish them from ordinary ratings , without raising them so high as the sea officers . Several were warrant officers , in the literal sense of being appointed by warrant , and like the warrant sea officers , their superiors , they were usually among the specialists of the ship 's company . The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the title derives from the Anglo - Norman and Middle French `` petit '' , meaning `` of small size , small , little '' .

SOLUTION: Petty officer

PROBLEM: Evening is the period of time at the end of the day , usually from about 6pm to bedtime . It is a daily astronomic event of variable time period between daytime and night , and the period in which the daylight is decreasing , after the afternoon and before night . There is no exact time for when evening begins and ends ( equally true with night ) . Though the term is subjective , evening is typically understood to begin shortly before sunset and during twilight ( sunset and twilight vary throughout the year ) , lasting until night -- typically astronomical sunset . There can be no precise definition in terms of clock time , but it is socially considered to start around 6 pm. and to last until nighttime or bedtime .

SOLUTION:
Evening