William Galston On Obsolete Law

On Tuesday, Feb. 7, Common Good and the Bipartisan Policy Center hosted a forum, "Obsolete Law: Does Government Need a Spring Cleaning?", to discuss the pervasive problem of obsolete law. In this clip, William Galston of the Brookings Institution outlines the challenges presented by outdated law.

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Senator Mark Warner, D-Virginia
Representative Jim Cooper, D-Tennessee
John C. Fortier, Bipartisan Policy Center
Stuart Taylor, Jr., author and journalist
Julie Barnes, Bipartisan Policy Center
Richard R. Buery, Jr., The Children's Aid Society
Maya MacGuineas, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Alan B. Morrison, The George Washington University Law School
William A. Galston, The Brookings Institution
E. Donald Elliott, Yale Law School
James R. Maxeiner, University of Baltimore School of Law
Ryan McConaghy, Third Way

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