Amy Coney Barrett: “It is still a matter of federal law.”

“I understand you don't want to concede that they could press such a suit. But It is still a matter of federal law. And maybe that is so because of some sort of equal sovereignty or extraterritoriality principle. I think Justice Kavanaugh is right. It's also simply in our precedent, we've called it an enclave of federal common law.” (00:43–00:46)

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