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preemption  

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  • U.S. law utilizes the term preemption in several ways. For instance, it is used to describe instances in which U.S. federal constitutional and treaty provisions, laws, regulations, and policies supersede the laws or regulations of states, localities, or tribes due to the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause. [Source: Encyclopedia of United States Indian Policy and Law; Preemption]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/preemption

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