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Robin Vos: “Past courts, including just a couple years ago, have ruled…”

Featuring: Robin Vos, Republican | Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly

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December 22, 2023 _ Here & Now

Published | Video Starts at 02:43

And under the maps for the past few decades, they've left those with the other township. And if those happen on the dividing lines of an assembly district, part of that little island goes with the other district. Past courts, including just a couple years ago, have ruled that [detached territories in districts] is okay. This court said precedent going back to the 1800s and the Supreme Court decided the Constitution said contiguity means contiguity. So what else stood out? (02:43–02:47)

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Asserts that past courts have allowed detached territories in districts.

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