{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "bskyPostRef": {
    "cid": "bafyreidep2ccwkidwewsl4zktrbyigmenm4yl5h77iirforesr3ix5ygyu",
    "uri": "at://did:plc:lmix3fzj34dxazttl4lmn2iz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlf7mlhu7ot2"
  },
  "coverImage": {
    "$type": "blob",
    "ref": {
      "$link": "bafkreibxlz4zje2jybtszb4ssx44vxocubo34eolhk2fppxnjkcdwifntq"
    },
    "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
    "size": 136220
  },
  "path": "/politics/2026/05/republicans-dont-need-to-win-elections-anymore-they-just-need-their-judges/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T16:13:15.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.motherjones.com",
  "tags": [
    "Politics",
    "Gerrymandering",
    "Republicans",
    "Voting Rights"
  ],
  "textContent": "The redistricting news for Democrats has gone from bad to worse. A week after the US Supreme Court effectively destroyed the Voting Rights Act, opening the door to Southern states invalidating majority-Black districts across the South, the Virginia Supreme Court on Friday overturned a redistricting referendum approved by voters last month that was expected to […]",
  "title": "Republicans Don’t Need to Win Elections Anymore. They Just Need Their Judges."
}