Changes

Federal preemption (view source)

Revision as of 17:37, December 28, 2017

No change in size , 17:37, December 28, 2017

due to persistent internal server errors, I'm doing the bot's work manually. supercede --> supersede

Line 1: Line 1: −

'''Federal preemption''' is the legal doctrine that laws of the [[United States]] ~~supercede~~ and trump state and local laws. The basis for preemption is the [[Supremacy Clause]] in the [[U.S. Constitution]].

+

'''Federal preemption''' is the legal doctrine that laws of the [[United States]] supersede and trump state and local laws. The basis for preemption is the [[Supremacy Clause]] in the [[U.S. Constitution]].

Federal law preempts state law under three circumstances:

DavidB4

Block, SkipCaptcha, Upload, Automoderated users, Check users, delete, edit, Moderators, move, oversight, protect, ratelimit-exempt, rollback

20,023

edits