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America at 250: ‘Citizens need to make this democracy work’ - Harvard Law School
- Harvard Law hosted a 250th anniversary panel on democracy and negotiation led by Heen and colleagues.
- Panelists stressed the erosion of who influences policy and the spread of unverified online voices.
- Sullivan urged citizens to reembrace civic virtue and humility to sustain democracy.
- The panel warned that the federal government has been substantially transformed with lasting implications.
- Experts call for restoring negotiation and humility as antidotes to partisan deadlock.
- Eidelson cautioned against a scorecard mentality that fragments public discourse.
- Freeman highlighted the risks of bureaucratic drift but also a path to a more inclusive society.
- Freeman noted stark changes in the Department of Justice and other agencies.
- Eidelson warned that a prisoner’s dilemma could arise if people align justice with party politics.
- The event stressed democracy as a living, evolving process that requires action now.
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