In 2018, Attorney General Sessions reversed the Obama administration policy regarding state laws legalizing marijuana. He announced that the Department of Justice would begin to enforce conflicting federal laws which consider marijuana illegal. What statement explains how laws would be invalidated under the preemption doctrine?

A. The Supreme Court must interpret the constitutionality of this case.
B. State laws decriminalizing marijuana would override federal laws.
C. State laws legalizing medical marijuana would preempt federal laws, but recreational marijuana laws would be considered invalid.
D. Federal laws prohibiting marijuana would override any state laws.


D. Federal laws prohibiting marijuana would override any state laws.

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