One of the advantages, of course, of preemption is you create this consistent playing field across the country.
Jeff Merkley: “One of the advantages, of course, of preemption is you create this consistent playing field across the country.”
On the recordNovember 30, 2011
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Merkley discusses the benefits of preempting state laws for consistency.
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