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Ben Wikler: “The state Supreme Court actually read the Constitution when…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Exciting New Discussion With Wisconsin's Susan Crawford and Ben Wikler

Published | Video Starts at 03:18

And we organized and mobilized and Democrats, grassroots Democrats and our Democratic legislators, we, we fought back against that. They stood down The state Supreme Court actually read the Constitution when they considered a challenge to the gerrymandered maps and they ruled that the maps were illegal. And 24, we had an election on fair maps for the first time since 2008. And what, or I guess 2010 would be, would be the last time, 15 years. (03:18–03:25)

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