Emily Bazelon was the moderator, there were five of us inthe symposium. Excerpt from me: Bores:Do you think the federal government pre-empting the states is consistent with democracy? Cowen:Absolutely. We have federal laws that pre-empt state lawmaking in many other areas. Courts have upheld it many, many times. Bores:OK, but is it pro-democracy, in giving people a say? Most of the panel disagreed with most of my points.