The executive branch is claiming that EPA's, California's standards are now preempted. I think they've got an argument on that because California no longer has this waiver, although that's in litigation. Another example, The federal government sought to preempt Hawaii that was filing a liability suit against the oil industry. This was a suit under state law, but the federal government jumped in and said, nope, you know, your power to hold the oil industry liable is actually preempted by federal law. (42:16–42:27)
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