preemption

Example Sentences

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I would say at the state level, unfortunately, we're seeing a lot of preemption.

From Salon

"We have a preemption law in the state of California that doesn't allow him to go into the kind of gun control that he's trying to propose," says Gun Owners of California President Sam Paredes.

From Fox News

The bills introduced by Florida state lawmakers this session are unwarranted, overly broad and harmful preemptions of home rule powers.

From Washington Post

The proposed “best solution” to federal preemption in the privacy arena — “a form of preemption that overrides only state laws inconsistent with the federal rules, and allows others to stand” — will not work.

From Washington Post

More contentious all along have been the topics of preemption and a private right of action.

From Washington Post