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Rh it comes to the possible pre-emption of state law, see, e. g., Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr, 518 U. S. 470, 485 (1996), but the majority today invades California contract law without pausing to address whether its incursion is necessary. Such haste is as ill advised as the new federal common law of arbitration contracts it has begotten.