US Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis, 1932: “It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.” You governors are now seeing, whether you like it or not, a competitive situation developing among the states. Some states are loosening the COVID restrictions; others are tightening them. From New York to Florida. From lockdowns to freedom In this ongoing process, for example, a remarkable exodus is occurring—-from New York to Florida. From lockdowns to freedom.