He had many notable successes — in the Court's recent series of decisions related to the war on terror; in
limiting federal preemption of state law (Wyeth v. Levine); upholding federal campaign finance laws (McConnell v. FEC); and in the environmental area (Massachusetts v. EPA).
Not exact matches
After the fold, I contend that the antidiscrimination principle should be
limited to two situations: (1) state court discrimination against
federal law; and (2) state discrimination that satisfies the traditional test for conflict
preemption by creating obstacles to
federal policy.
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federal preemption, and thus suggested the final privacy regulations preempt state law with only
limited exceptions, such as reporting child abuse.