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A high-ranking Republican congressman outlined a scheme to preempt the will of voters and award North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes to former president Donald Trump before ballots are tallied in that state.

The codification of the right to an abortion was meant to preempt any further attempts at restrictions from the Supreme Court.

Wiener said he would welcome a strong federal AI safety law that preempts his bill.

Four states — Arizona, California, Michigan, and Washington — have already enacted laws preempting local taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages.

They won in the lower courts, and the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that the federal motor voter law preempted or overrode the state’s law.