Context: Federal law and treaties, so long as they are in accordance with the Constitution, preempt conflicting state and territorial laws in the 50 U.S. states and in the territories. However, the scope of federal preemption is limited because the scope of federal power is not universal. In the dual-sovereign system of American federalism (actually tripartite because of the presence of Indian reservations), states are the plenary sovereigns, each with their own constitution, while the federal sovereign possesses only the limited supreme authority enumerated in the Constitution. Indeed, states may grant their citizens broader rights than the federal Constitution as long as they do not infringe on any federal constitutional rights. Thus, most U.S. law (especially the actual "living law" of contract, tort, property, criminal, and family law experienced by the majority of citizens on a day-to-day basis) consists primarily of state law, which can and does vary greatly from one state to the next.

Question: What comes before state and territorial laws in the 50 U.S states?
Answer: Federal law and treaties

Question: Federal sovereign only possess authority if it is stated in what?
Answer: the Constitution

Question: States may grant their citizens border rights as long as they do not infringe on what?
Answer: federal constitutional rights

Question: Most U.S law, the kind of law we live everyday, consists of what kind of law?
Answer: state law

Question: Does every state have the same laws?
Answer: vary greatly from one state to the next.

Question: Federal law overrides what laws?
Answer: conflicting state and territorial laws

Question: The scope of federal power is not what?
Answer: universal

Question: What type of system is American Federalism?
Answer: dual-sovereign system

Question: American Federalism can also be considered tripartite because of the presence of what?
Answer: Indian reservations

Question: States can grant their people broader rights than those granted in what document?
Answer: the federal Constitution

Question: Is there anything that trumps state law?
Answer: Federal law and treaties

Question: How many state make up the United States?
Answer: 50

Question: Can states grant rights to citizens that are not defined by the constitution?
Answer: as long as they do not infringe on any federal constitutional rights

Question: What is day-to-day, operational law considered?
Answer: "living law"

Question: What is living law mostly made up of?
Answer: state law

Question: State and territorial laws preempt what kind of laws and treaties?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: The scope of what is considered universal?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What type of government system do Indian reservations have? 
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: States may grant citizens fewer what?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What are examples of family law?
Answer: Unanswerable