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[aesh2Xa1]

And isn't that a reason States could not contradict a federal law of exactly this sort?

[ashtonkem → aesh2Xa1]

Unclear to me.

If QI was a law, the supremacy clause would certainly apply.

But QI is not a law, however it is a policy created by the courts based on federal law. It’s not clear to me whether the supremacy clause applies here, but I suspect it does.