preempt

Belinda did smile when she saw a Black couple eating dinner at the resort, but that seemed more like White checking a box so that he could preempt charges of exclusion.

Several firms have struck deals to preempt or avoid further reprisal, while others have sued, alleging they are being unlawfully targeted for retribution.

Congress could pass a federal statute that preempts state law, “including a state law that’s adopted by the voters through initiative,” he said.

The plaintiffs may have a stronger argument in their assertion that California’s law governing employer rights in unionization cases is preempted by federal law, namely the 1935 National Labor Relations Act.

The appellate courts surely would overturn a prison sentence, holding that, under the Constitution, being elected president preempts the ability of a state to interfere with that by imprisonment.