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Show Chapter 2 Constitutional Considerations This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Au- thority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.1 So provides the Constitution of the United States. Or as the Supreme Court of the United States has said, "The Constitu- tion is the supreme law of the land ordained and established by the people."2 Under it, the authority of the Federal Gov- ernment is limited to those powers expressly delegated and such as may reasonably be implied from those granted.3 All other powers are reserved to the states or the people.4 Hence, as the Court observed long ago:8 In America, the powers of sovereignty are divided be- tween the government of the Union, and those of the states. They are each sovereign, with respect to the objects committed to it, and neither sovereign, with re- spect to the objects committed to the other. Regardless of the character of federal undertakings respect- ing water and land resources, therefore, enabling authority must 1U. S. Const., Art. VI, el. 2. " United States v. Butler, 297 U. S. 1, 62 (1936). 1297 U. S. at 63; see Oooley's Constitutional Limitations, vol. 1, p. 11 (8th ed., Carrington, 1927). 4 TJ. S. Const., Amend. 10; Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 1 Wheat. 304,325-326 (U. S. 1816). 8 WOulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat. 316,410 (U. S. 1819). |