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OK class, for today’s lesson, assume you are a major, sophisticated drug company. That means you have to have at least one (actually, a bunch) FDA-approved drug that’s safe and effective for its indicated use. So assume that, too – let’s say your drug alleviates muscular inflammation from over-exercise.

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At bottom, preemption is about power. Stripped to its essentials, any federal preemption argument amounts to the proposition that “supreme” federal power requires/encourages me/my client to do what we’re doing. Thus, your lesser (state) power can’t force me/my client to do something else or punish me/my client for doing what federal power demands. In our