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past several weeks, have felt like one long, never ending nightmare that just keeps getting worse. yesterday, the supreme court used its favorite tactic, the shadow docket, to decide that louisianans would not be allowed to have two majority black districts in the state. the conservative justices put on hold a lower court ruling that said the state had to draw new congressional districts. because the math that the republican legislature drew and will now use was racially gerrymandered. a third of louisiana -- 33% -- is african american. and despite that, they will not get proportional representation. this fall, the state now will ensure five majority white districts out of six. even more disturbing -- and this is really, pretty upsetting -- is that this is yet another signal that the conservative majority on the supreme court seems eager and ready to
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