President Obama Directs Agencies to Roll Back Preemption Policies
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President Barack Obama has issued a memorandum to federal agencies warning them against adopting blanket regulations announcing that they preempt state laws.
"The purpose of this memorandum is to state the general policy of my Administration that preemption of state law by executive departments and agencies should be undertaken only with full consideration of the legitimate prerogatives of the states and with a sufficient legal basis for preemption," said the memorandum sent to the heads of federal agencies.See the full content of this document
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President Obama Directs Agencies to Roll Back Preemption Policies
Obama noted that despite an existing executive order discouraging the practice, "exe...
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