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The Supreme Court broke democracy by saying the quiet part out loud

Sometimes, it’s best if this guy keeps his mouth shut. | Chip Somodevilla/AFP via Getty Images Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court’s Republican majority effectively repealed a 1982 amendment to the Voting Rights Act that required some states to draw a minimum number of majority-Black or majority-Latino legislative districts. The GOP justices’ decision has already kicked off another round of skirmishes in the gerrymandering wars. Louisiana suspended its US House elections until new maps can be drawn that will elect more white Republicans. Mississippi’s legislature will hold a special se...