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Ed Whitfield: Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis described States as laboratories of democracy.

On the recordJuly 23, 2014
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis described States as laboratories of democracy.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Whitfield references Brandeis to emphasize state-level policy experimentation.

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