By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has decided in Altria Group v. Good that federal law and regulatory policy on cigarette labelling do not preempt a fraud claim under a more lawsuit-friendly state law. Justice Thomas dissented, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia and Alito. It looks like another term of the Kennedy Court is under way.
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Matthew J. Franck is a senior fellow at the Witherspoon Institute, a senior contributing editor of Public Discourse, a lecturer in politics at Princeton University, and professor emeritus of political science at Radford University.
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