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"path": "/2026/05/20/repub/republicans-target-blue-state-districts-after-us-supreme-court-voting-rights-decision/",
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"textContent": "Republicans on a U.S. Senate panel suggested Tuesday a recent Supreme Court decision weakening the federal Voting Rights Act invalidated U.S. House districts in Democratic states where most residents belong to a racial minority group. Sen. Eric Schmitt, a Missouri Republican who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, signaled that Republicans will target […]",
"title": "Missouri’s Eric Schmitt pushes DOJ crackdown on majority-minority congressional districts"
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