The GSD team, supported by GovAct, collaborates with think tanks, legal experts, and democracy advocates to shape policy that protects the rule of law and serves the people of our states. The strength, experience, relationships, and institutional knowledge of any one member becomes available to all members, giving governors access to the top policy and legal minds in the country. Together, we are pushing back against the ever-increasing threats of autocracy and protecting the systems of democracy our country and our states depend on.
GSD leverages Governors’ unique legislative, budgetary, executive, and administrative powers to deliver results, working across states to:
- Develop playbooks to enable Governors and their teams to anticipate and swiftly respond to emerging threats
- Reinforce key state institutions to protect executive agencies, elections, state courts, and other core democratic bodies
- Design affirmative strategies to protect the rule of law in the states