Democracy Is Returning To Wisconsin!

Elections do have consequences. In April, Wisconsin voters created a seismic shift in the state by electing Justice Janet Protasiewicz and thereby shifting the balance of the state supreme court to the left for the first time in 15 years. And Wisconsin is starting to see Justice and Democracy return to the state, one court case at a time.

On Friday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that the Republican gerrymandered districting maps were illegal. Chris Hayes and David Jolly discussed the ramifications of this decision:

Chris Hayes: David, i want to ask you about this new result. There's some breaking news here in Wisconsin.. This has been one of the most contentious fights in the whole nation, on the most aggressive state gerrymander probably in the entire country.. The Wisconsin Republicans who have gerrymandered themselves on the legislative map that essentially guarantees them a 2-1 simple majority in the state legislature in both houses, even when the Democrat at the top of the ticket, Tony Evers, for example, wins statewide. Thanks to a switch in the personnel in the court, they have now thrown those maps out after a very, very long battle in that state. What do you think of that?

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