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Supreme Court sends Native American voting rights decision back to lower court

The Supreme Court has acted in a Voting Rights Act case brought by Native American tribes, saying a closely watched ruling needs to be reconsidered after the high court weakened the Civil Rights-era law The timing brought the court into the middle of a fight to redraw voting maps across the South, even as some primaries were underway.
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  • The Supreme Court has acted in a Voting Rights Act case brought by Native American tribes, saying a closely watched ruling needs to be reconsidered after the high court weakened the Civil Rights-era law S1
  • The timing brought the court into the middle of a fight to redraw voting maps across the South, even as some primaries were underway. S2
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