preemption

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Over the six days between the show’s preemption and its return, celebrities and influencers posted instructions on how to cancel subscriptions to Disney’s streaming services.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2025

During his Monday address at the Concordia Annual Summit in New York City, Carr insisted that those words played no role in Kimmel’s suspension, instead blaming the show’s preemption on its “ratings.”

From Slate • Sep. 23, 2025

“EPA granted preemption waivers for California to tackle local problems like smog in the Los Angeles basin, where the pollution was both generated by and felt by Californians,” the fuel producers said in their appeal.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024

Ultimately, reformers instinctively turn to the courts to address preemption.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2024

Land subject to Indian occupancy has always been scrupulously guarded by law from preemption settlement or encroachment under any pretext until the Indian title should be extinguished.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)