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"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."
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