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by vlark 1144 days ago
How do state laws such as this not contradict federal interstate commerce laws?
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Serious answer, because in order for federal law to supersede state law they have to make their own law that "occupies the field" [1] or explicitly says in the law that it preempts state law.

[1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/occupy_the_field

There are many state laws that contradict a federal law. But they have to actually be challenged by a federal court in order to be nullified. States can make up all the hair-brained laws they want but if they never get sued by the feds then nobody cares.

For instance, all the states legalizing marijuana right now in defiance of federal law.