The above statement is misleading imo. It ignores that only those federal laws reasonably based on the limited powers delegated to the federal government by the states via the Constitution, such powers evidenced by Section 8 of Article I, can trump state laws.
“State legislation may not contravene federal law”
bullsheet
states have rights, the central government has a few enumerated powers, the states are more powerful and they better start acting like it and not cede their sovereignty to the twisted central government