Looking Back at the New Jucidial Federalism's First Generation The New Judicial Federalism: A New Generation: Foreword 30 Valparaiso University Law Review 1995-1996

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30 Val. U. L. Rev. [vii] (1995-1996)
Looking Back at the New Jucidial Federalism's First Generation

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VOLUME 30 SPRING 1996 NumBER 2

SYMPOSIUM ISSUE
THE NEW JUDICIAL
FEDERALISM:
A NEW GENERATION
FOREWORD: LOOKING BACK AT
THE NEW JUDICIAL FEDERALISM'S
FIRST GENERATION
ROBERT F. WILLIAMS*
Where are . . four practical advantages to a viable state Bill of
Rights. First, on some matters states can and will go further at any
given time in protecting individual rights than the Supreme Court.
Second, while state courts have many competing interests to reconcile
when considering problems involving conflicts between the state and
individuals, they do not have to feel restrained by the additional
problem of federalism. There have been repeated examples of
restraint by the national government where state interests are also
involved. The Supreme Court, for example, not only considers what
it believes to be the best legal approach to problems, but also the
effect of its decisions on federal-state relations.
Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers University, School of Law, Camden.