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U.S. Supreme Court blocks lower-court redistricting ruling

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked a lower court ruling that threw out the state’s new congressional map, allowing the new districts to stay in place, at least for now.

By a 2-1 vote, the lower federal court had ruled a few days earlier in the week the new map was racially gerrymandered.

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