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Brad Schimel: “Legislatures hold public hearings. They announce a bill…”

Featuring: Brad Schimel, Republican | Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, Waukesha County

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Published | Video Starts at 54:58

… policy the things you were talking about, those are policy type decisions that have to be made by the legislature. And you know, one, there's a fundamental reason for that. Legislatures hold public hearings. They announce a bill that's being proposed and members of the public can come and be heard on that. And legislators, if most of them are elected for two year terms, if you don't think they're reflecting the will of the voters in their district, they can be thrown out in two years. (54:58–55:09)

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Asserts that legislatures hold public hearings for proposed bills where the public can be heard.

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