our federalism

our federalism. (often cap.) The doctrine holding that a federal court must refrain from hearing a constitutional challenge to state action if federal adjudication would be considered an improper intrusion into the state’s right to enforce its own laws in its own courts. Cf. ABSTENTION; FEDERALISM. [Cases: Federal Courts 43, 46.]

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译员Joanne，亚洲顶尖法学院国际贸易专业，擅长翻译涉及媒体、体育和娱乐领域的法律文件。