Heather Gerken, future dean and current professor of Yale Law School, was part of a plenary panel titled “Progressive Federalism: A New Way Forward?” at the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy's National Convention in Washington, D.C.
The panel examined how progressives are looking at federalism in a new light. Professor Gerken has been an advocate of the idea that federalism belongs to progressives and conservatives. While on the panel, she explained how we are in a different era, this is not your father’s federalism.” Professor Gerken outlined how federalism can be a useful tool that enables political minorities to implement important policy and legislative changes at the local and state level.
Read the full Yale Law School press release.
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