context: The SGLIA has been interpreted by the United States Supreme Court to "bestow upon the service member an absolute right to designate the policy beneficiary." Accordingly, due to the operation of the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution, state laws interfering with the right to designate the beneficiary under a qualifying policy are federally preempted.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: applying the analysis in Ridgway to the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 because it is "strikingly similar" to the SGLIA
citation_a.sentence: Id. at 60, 102 S.Ct. 49 (“[T]he controlling provisions of the SGLIA prevail over and displace inconsistent state law.”); see also Hillman v. Maretta, — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 1943, 1951-52, 186 L.Ed.2d 43 (2013) (applying the analysis in Ridgway to the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 because it is “strikingly similar” to the SGLIA).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.parenthetical: "[T]he controlling provisions of the SGLIA prevail over and displace inconsistent state law."
citation_b.sentence: Id. at 60, 102 S.Ct. 49 (“[T]he controlling provisions of the SGLIA prevail over and displace inconsistent state law.”); see also Hillman v. Maretta, — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 1943, 1951-52, 186 L.Ed.2d 43 (2013) (applying the analysis in Ridgway to the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 because it is “strikingly similar” to the SGLIA).