Now, does that sound like legalese? Yes, because it is. Does it sound confusing? Yes, and it's probably intended to be so. Let me just put this in perspective. This radically transformed our government, the US Government that was originally established and ordained as a government of powers that James Madison described it in Federalist 45 as few and defined, while describing the powers reserved to the states as numerous and indefinite. It almost flipped the equation because of the Supremacy Clause. Where we do act, where we have the authority to act, our law governs. (40:23–40:39)
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