Constitutional

Preemption

/ pree-EMP-shun /

Definition

Federal law superseding conflicting state law under the Supremacy Clause.

Used in Context

“Federal preemption barred the state from regulating the same conduct.”

Etymology

◈ Latin: praeemere, to buy before

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