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National Policy
Heather K. Gerken is the J. Skelly Wright professor of law at Yale Law School.
When people debate whether state politics or national politics are more important, they
typically fall into camps. The nationalists argue that we are one people, and that
national politics are all that should matter. The federalist camp argues that state officials
are closer to the people and that state governance gives us the ability to live in a place
where the laws match our own preferences (be it Texas or Portlandia).
The federalist camp has the advantage right now of advocating for the one form of
politics that is actually active. Political polarization has paralyzed the national
government, but it has catalyzed state policy making.
Congress should do something and they will unite in pushing Congress to act. When
national politics are the problem, then, state politics can be the solution.