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Justices deal blow to effort to limit partisan districts

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt a huge blow to efforts to combat the drawing of electoral districts for partisan gain on Thursday in a ruling that could embolden political line-drawing after the 2020 census.On the court's final day of decisions before a summer break, the conservative justices ruled that federal courts have no role to play in the dispute over the practice known as partisan gerrymandering.The decision has no effect on racial gerrymandering challenges. [...]

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