The state of New Mexico is an inseparable part of the federal union, and the constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.

ANNOTATIONS

Comparable provisions. — Utah Const., art. I, § 3.

Actions under contracts clause of United States constitution. — Actions against the state under the contracts clause are barred by sovereign immunity because the contract clause does not provide for claims for money damages. Manning v. New Mexico Energy, Minerals & Natural Res. Dep’t, 2006-NMSC-027, 140 N.M. 528, 144 P.3d 87, aff’g in part, rev'g in part, 2004-NMCA-052, 135 N.M. 487, 90 P.3d 506, cert. denied, 549 U.S. 1051, 127 S. Ct. 663, 166 L. Ed. 2d 513 (2006).

Restitution of amounts discharged in bankruptcy. — The supremacy clause of the U.S. constitution does not preclude the district court from ordering the defendant to make restitution to the victims of his fraud of debts that had been discharged by the bankruptcy court. State v. Collins, 2007-NMCA-106, 142 N.M. 419, 166 P.3d 480, cert. denied, 2007-NMCERT-008, 142 N.M. 434, 166 P.3d 1088.

Judgment offending public policy of New Mexico. — The fact that a judgment entered by a foreign court could not have been entered by a New Mexico court, because it would have offended the public policy of New Mexico, will not permit the courts of New Mexico to deny it full faith and credit as required under U.S. Const., art. IV, § 1. Delaney v. First Nat'l Bank, 1963-NMSC-160, 73 N.M. 192, 386 P.2d 711.

Law reviews. — For article, "Reticent Revolution: Prospects for Damage Suits Under the New Mexico Bill of Rights," see 25 N.M. L. Rev. 173 (1995).

For article, "The Federalism Revolution," see 31 N.M. L. Rev. 7 (2001).

For article, "Supreme Court Update," see 31 N.M. L. Rev. 31 (2001).

For article, "Developing the Eighth Amendment of Those 'Least Deserving' of Punishment: Statutory Mandatory Minimum for Non-Capital Offense Can Be 'Cruel and Unusual' When Imposed on Mentally Retarded Children", see 34 N.M. L. Rev. 35 (2004).

For article, "Overbreadth Outside the First Amendment", see 34 N.M. L. Rev. 53 (2004).

For note and comment, "Indirect Funding of Sectarian Schools: A Discussion of the Constitutionality of State School Voucher Programs under Federal and New Mexico Law after Zelman v. Simmons-Harris", see 34 N.M. L. Rev. 193 (2004).

For note, "Did Cooper v. Leatherman Require State Appellate Courts to Apply a De Novo Standard of Review for Determining the Constitutional Excessiveness of Punitive Damages Claims? Aken v. Plains Electric Generation & Transmission Cooperative, Inc.", see 34 N.M. L. Rev. 405 (2004).

For note, "Adding Charges on Retrial: Double Jeopardy, Interstitialism and State v. Lynch", see 34 N.M. L. Rev. 539 (2004).

For note, "Complying with Nunez: The Necessary Procedure for Obtaining Forfeiture of Property and Avoiding Double Jeopardy after State v. Esparza", see 34 N.M. L. Rev. 561 (2004).

For article, "Public Health Protection and the Commerce Clause: Controlling Tobacco in the Internet Age", see 35 N.M. L. Rev. 81 (2005).

For article, "Criminal Justice and the 2003-2004 United States Court Term", see 35 N.M. L. Rev. 123 (2005).

For article, "Reflections on Fifteen Years of the Teague v. Lane Retroactivity Paradigm: A Study of the Persistence, the Pervasiveness and the Perversity of the Court's Doctrine", see 35 N.M. L. Rev. 161 (2005).

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 16 Am. Jur. 2d Constitutional Law §§ 2, 70; 16A Am. Jur. 2d Constitutional Law § 440.

Implied cause of action for damages for violation of provisions of state constitutions, 75 A.L.R.5th 619.

Existence of pendent jurisdiction of federal court over state claim when joined with claim arising under laws, treaties, or Constitution of United States, 75 A.L.R. Fed. 600.

16 C.J.S. Constitutional Law § 3.