Assertion: supreme court's power | /r/CapableOf | dictate the content of state law
Facets:
value: directly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: As the U.S. Supreme Court recognized in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938), no part of the federal Constitution actually grants federal courts or the federal Congress the power to directly dictate the content of state law (as distinguished from creating altogether separate federal law that in a particular situation may override state law).