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Dick Durbin: “It also struck down the state's congressional maps twice.”

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I asked because between 2021 and 2023, you defended Ohio's state legislative and congressional maps in court. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled five times that the state legislative maps violated the state constitution. It also struck down the state's congressional maps twice. If you are confirmed to the district court, will you condone or permit the kind of repeated resistance to court orders that the Ohio Redistricting Commission engaged in? (04:08–04:12)

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