He didn’t phrase it this way, but U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis is given credit for saying states were “laboratories of democracy,” where ideas about gov’t could be tested. What would be a good test today? A CA writer suggests a “council of governors” replacing a single leader in the governor’s chair. Umm, you first, CA. https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/put-seven-heads-together-to-create-one-great-governor/ #stategov