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I remember this this all so clearly!!
http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/21/federal-court-strikes-down-gop-drawn-maps/94233560/
Federal court strikes down GOP-drawn maps
Jason Stein and Patrick Marley , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 3:38 p.m. CST November 21, 2016
.....................................................................................................During the trial attorneys for the state defended the maps, saying lawmakers are free to draw lines that help their party. Assistant Attorney General Brian Keenan said GOP lawmakers followed the law in drawing the maps and were allowed to seek partisan advantage when they drew the maps, which were adopted in a law known as Act 43.
States must draw new legislative and congressional districts every 10 years to account for changes in population. Republicans controlled all of state government in 2011 and lawmakers and Gov. Scott Walker used their power to approve maps that greatly favor GOP candidates.
The plaintiffs and their attorneys focused on the emphasis that GOP lawmakers put on building the biggest majorities they could. The maps were drawn in secret in the Madison offices of law firm Michael Best & Friedrich, and GOP lawmakers had to sign secrecy agreements to view maps of their districts before they were made public.
The 2012 and 2014 elections showed that the maps for the Wisconsin Assembly are some of the most heavily skewed maps in the country going back more than 40 years, the plaintiffs showed. State attorneys acknowledged that point in court filings.
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