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>So you are saying that when the local laws contradict federal laws, the
>principle requires that the former must yield, right?
This is called the Supremacy principle, and it's the law.
Then how do you
>explain Plessy v. Fergusson? Autres temps, autres moeurs?
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Well, Plessy is universally regarded as one of the five worst SCt decisions of all time. Formally, though, it found no conflict between the US Const and state law, and so respected federal supremacy.
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