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Court Ruling Spurs Backers’ Hopes for Redistricting Changes

ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Groups hoping to squeeze partisan politics out of how states shape congressional districts are hailing a Supreme Court decision that lets independent commissions, not legislatures, draw those lines. But Republicans say Monday’s 5-4 decision upholding Arizona’s independent redistricting commission will have little nationwide impact. And history shows that […]