41.   Possession of marijuana still violates federal law, which takes precedence over state statutes.

42.   Rodriguez defended the procedures and pointed out that the board is exempt from state open meeting statutes.

43.   She also said that the state statute under which Tourigny was charged was never meant to include the unborn.

44.   She found that flaws and gray areas allowed law enforcement agencies to circumvent state statutes when they seized drug money.

45.   She struck down as unconstitutional a Washington state statute outlawing assisted suicide and the state quickly appealed.

46.   Some of the damages will be tripled under state antitrust statutes, Simpson said.

47.   State statutes require balanced budgets every year.

48.   State statute requires the board to report any potential criminal violations that occur involving the delivery of health services.

49.   Some state statutes require proof of a close relationship between children and grandparents before visits can be ordered.

50.   Such deference is not unique to the abortion context, but applies generally to state statutes addressing all areas of the law.