However, the law includes an “unless clause,” which was the source of significant debate during arguments before the high court. The "unless clause" says “unless the pardon, expungement, or ...

The Convention instead subjected state laws to the operation of the Supremacy Clause: state laws become and remain in effect unless they are inconsistent with federal law or the Constitution.

They are words such as because, although, unless, whereas. They do the job of showing the relationship between the two clauses and showing us which is the most important. Greg stayed behind after ...