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  "path": "/2026/04/29/repub/us-supreme-court-limits-use-of-race-in-congressional-district-remaps-diluting-voting-rights-act/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T18:26:07.000Z",
  "site": "https://floridaphoenix.com",
  "tags": [
    "Civil Rights",
    "DC Bureau",
    "Election 2026",
    "Politics & Law",
    "Black Voters Matter Fund",
    "Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee",
    "Elena Kagan",
    "Fair Fight Action",
    "Heather Williams",
    "Issue One",
    "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act",
    "Legal Defense Fund",
    "Louisiana v. Callais",
    "Marsha Blackburn",
    "Michael McNulty",
    "Rick Hasen",
    "Ron DeSantis",
    "Safeguarding Democracy Project",
    "Samuel Alito",
    "scotus",
    "Sr.",
    "Tate Reeves",
    "Todd Cox",
    "Troy Carter",
    "Voting Rights Act"
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  "textContent": "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office on Monday invoked an upcoming landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on the role of race in drawing congressional districts to justify the Republican’s proposed gerrymander. “The use of race in redistricting should never happen,” the governor’s general counsel, David Axelman, wrote in a memo unveiling a map that aims to hand […]",
  "title": "US Supreme Court limits use of race in congressional district remaps, diluting Voting Rights Act"
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