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Jill Karofsky: “I think our job is to look at the laws that the legislature…”

Featuring: Jill Karofsky, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

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Published | Video Starts at 10:16

Who has a better seat to that than someone who's actually been there watching them perform the duties of the job, do you continue to see the court as being a referee in terms of what the legislature has done? I think our job is to look at the laws that the legislature passes and make sure that they're constitutional. and yes, I think that's always been the role of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. I think it's the role of the Wisconsin Supreme Court today, and I think it'll be the role of the Wisconsin Supreme Court tomorrow. (10:16–10:23)

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Asserts that the role of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is to ensure legislative laws are constitutional.

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