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Phil Weiser: “The Supreme Court, by the way, could have made that the law…”

Featuring: Phil Weiser, Democratic | Attorney General of Colorado

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Full interview: Attorney General Phil Weiser on redrawing Congressional maps in Colorado

Published | Video Starts at 02:36

Yes, if Colorado, and it's a two step process, we gotta pass a constitutional amendment that creates an exception. We passed what I believe is what every state should do, independent, fair districting. We did that. The Supreme Court, by the way, could have made that the law of the land. I pushed hard in this case to say the Supreme Court extreme partisan gerrymandering violates the federal constitution. And that was actually North Carolina. (02:36–02:39)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court could have mandated independent, fair districting nationwide.

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