Experts speak on election outcomes, policy impact

– Photo courtesy of Wayne Law


More than 200 people attended a panel discussion Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Wayne State University Law School about the outcome of the elections and anticipated policy changes under the new presidential administration and Congress. The Levin Center at Wayne Law and Wayne Law’s Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights presented “New President, New Congress – What to Expect” about what changes are anticipated in terms of economic policy, civil rights, international relations and overall public policy.  Participants for “New President, New Congress – What to Expect” included (left to right) Kevin Deegan-Krause, associate professor in the WSU Department of Political Science; moderator Elise Bean, co-director of training and conferences for the Levin Center and former staff director and chief counsel for the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; state Sen. Mike Kowall, majority floor leader in the Michigan State Senate; retired U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, chair of the Levin Center, Wayne Law’s distinguished legislator in residence and senior counsel with Honigman, Miller, Schwartz, and Cohn; George Franklin, president of Franklin Public Affairs LLC; and Rochelle Riley, columnist with the Detroit Free Press.