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The Supreme Court’s new decision tilting the midterms toward Republicans, explained

Republican Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Brett Kavanaugh. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Here’s a familiar story. On Tuesday night, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that will almost certainly give the Republican Party an additional seat in the US House of Representatives. Not all of the justices disclosed how they voted, but the decision appears to have come down 6-3 along partisan lines — that is, the six Republican justices voted to give the GOP another House seat, while the Court’s three Democrats dissented. In fairness, the GOP justices’ most recent decision...