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. It conflicts with the Clean Air act as well as the federal authority over energy and climate policy. (42:35–42:42)
CLAIM
Asserts that federal law preempts state power to hold the oil industry liable.
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