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by trothamel 2470 days ago
Actually, I think you're the one that's incorrect here. California can set a higher minimum wage because it's explicitly allowed to by 29 U.S. Code ยง 218.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/218

That's an exception that's written into the law, while federal preemption is the usual rule.