Jeff Mandell: “We believe that Act 10, in many of its restrictions…”

“And so the fact that the federal equal protection guarantee was not sufficient to invalidate Act 10 does not mean that the state constitutional guarantee is not offended by Act 10. We believe that Act 10, in many of its restrictions, violates the state constitution, and the court agreed with us. What was the primary argument? Act 10 sought to roll back tremendous amounts of the protection that public sector unions had won across time in Wisconsin.” (01:01–01:09)

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