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It sure looks like the Voting Rights Act is doomed

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Chief Justice John Roberts shakes hands with his fellow Republican, President Donald Trump. | Win McNamee/Getty Images Two things were obvious at Wednesday morning’s Supreme Court argument in Louisiana v. Callais, a case asking the Court to abolish longstanding safeguards against racially gerrymandered legislative maps. The first thing is that the Court will split along party lines, with all six Republicans voting to destroy the federal Voting Rights Act’s (VRA) restrictions on racial gerrymandering, and all three Democrats in dissent. The other thing is that there is no consensus amo...

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