, ▁and ▁jud ges ▁take ▁o ath s ▁or ▁aff irm ations ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁Constitution . ▁This ▁means ▁that ▁the ▁states ' ▁constitution s ▁and ▁laws ▁should ▁not ▁conflict ▁with ▁the ▁laws ▁of ▁the ▁federal ▁constitution ▁and ▁that ▁in ▁case ▁of ▁a ▁conflict , ▁state ▁jud ges ▁are ▁leg ally ▁bound ▁to ▁honor ▁the ▁federal ▁laws ▁and ▁constitution ▁over ▁those ▁of ▁any ▁state . ▁Article ▁Six ▁also ▁states ▁" no ▁religious ▁Test ▁shall ▁ever ▁be ▁required ▁as ▁a ▁Qual ification ▁to ▁any ▁Office ▁or ▁public ▁Trust ▁under ▁the ▁United ▁States ." ▁ ▁Article ▁Seven ▁Article ▁Seven ▁describes ▁the ▁process ▁for ▁establish ing ▁the ▁proposed ▁new ▁frame ▁of ▁government . ▁Ant icip ating ▁that ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁many ▁state ▁polit icians ▁would ▁be ▁Ant if eder al ist , ▁deleg ates ▁to ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁Convention ▁provided ▁for ▁rat ification ▁of ▁the ▁Constitution ▁by ▁popular ly ▁elected ▁rat ifying ▁convent ions ▁in ▁each ▁state . ▁The ▁convention ▁method ▁also ▁made ▁it ▁possible ▁that ▁jud ges , ▁minister s ▁and ▁others ▁in el ig ible ▁to ▁serve ▁in ▁state ▁legisl atures , ▁could ▁be ▁elected ▁to ▁a ▁convention . ▁Sus pect ing ▁that ▁Rh ode ▁Island , ▁at ▁least , ▁might ▁not ▁rat ify , ▁deleg ates ▁decided ▁that ▁the ▁Constitution ▁would ▁go ▁into ▁effect ▁as ▁soon ▁as ▁nine ▁states ▁( two - third s ▁rounded ▁up ) ▁rat ified . ▁Once ▁rat ified ▁by ▁this ▁minimum ▁number ▁of ▁states , ▁it ▁was ▁anticip ated ▁that ▁the ▁proposed ▁Constitution ▁would ▁become ▁this ▁Constitution ▁between ▁the