primacy

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With this understanding of federal primacy in foreign affairs, the Supreme Court has pre-empted state laws even in the absence of any affirmative actions by the president or Congress.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Maher complains about this, saying that while the Constitution gives primacy of power to Congress, in its current form the State of the Union exalts the president while diminishing the legislative branch.

From The Wall Street Journal

The primacy of youth was never truer than in the Romantic era.

From The Wall Street Journal

For years, critics have argued that the dollar’s place of primacy would erode, to no avail.

From Barron's

“You could have a very serious snowball effect that could threaten Silicon Valley’s primacy.”

From The Wall Street Journal