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  "path": "/2026/05/02/supreme-court-section-2-voting-rights-act-women-politics-florida-virginia-south/",
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    "The Supreme Court Just Gutted the Voting Rights Act. Women Will Pay the Price.",
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  "textContent": "In a 6-3 ruling in _Louisiana v. Callais_ , the Supreme Court's majority struck down Louisiana's congressional map, which had created a second majority-Black district in 2024. Although the decision did not formally strike down Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, Justice Elena Kagan warned in her dissent that “the majority opinion had rendered the provision ‘all but a dead letter.’”\n\nThe post The Supreme Court Just Gutted the Voting Rights Act. Women Will Pay the Price. appeared first on Ms. Magazine.",
  "title": "The Supreme Court Just Gutted the Voting Rights Act. Women Will Pay the Price."
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