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Supreme Court sides with New York Republican in congressional redistricting fight

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Republican representative from New York challenging a congressional redistricting effort in a decision she said "helps restore the public’s confidence in our judicial system." Over the dissent of the court's three liberal justices, the conservative majority halted a state court ruling that had ordered New York's redistricting commission to redraw the district held by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., that covers Staten Island and a small piece of Brooklyn. A judge had ruled that the district was drawn in a way that dilutes the power of its Black and Hispani...