preemption
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For instance, a packaging company, retailer or distributor can claim that they have such a preemption, Kar said, and CalRecycle might not immediately review that claim.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Over the six days between the show’s preemption and its return, celebrities and influencers posted instructions on how to cancel subscriptions to Disney’s streaming services.
From Salon • Sep. 26, 2025
“EPA granted preemption waivers for California to tackle local problems like smog in the Los Angeles basin, where the pollution was both generated by and felt by Californians,” the fuel producers said in their appeal.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024
When I first started seriously considering preemption in 2021, I wrote that “it now poses one of the most serious threats to anything but the most moderate of criminal legal system reforms.”
From Slate • Feb. 22, 2024
For this reason alone he could not acquire preemption to lands in the United States.
From Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon by Holman, Frederick Van Voorhies
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U.S. Government - Middle School and High School
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