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Federal Preemption of State and Local Law
A contributor to the Section’s Municipal Law Deskbook details the history and mechanics of federal preemption, when a state or local government body is stripped of its power to regulate certain activities, and how it has played out in SCOTUS and the lower courts in cases ranging from the Violence Against Women Act, education funding, and the Affordable Care Act.