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How far did the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision go?
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The Supreme Court’s invalidation of Louisiana’s congressional map has triggered a swirling debate about just how fundamentally the justices altered the Voting Rights Act landscape. Even the justices themselves disagree. The conservative majority brands it as merely an update. The liberal dissenters
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