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The U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s decision in a Louisiana voting rights case will\u00a0make it harder to challenge political maps<\/a>\u00a0as being racially discriminatory, but the ruling will likely have limited effect on statewide district maps in Pennsylvania, where the state constitution provides stronger protections against gerrymandering.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued\u00a0a 6-3 decision<\/a>\u00a0split along ideological lines that raises the bar for proving illegal racial gerrymandering.<\/p>\n

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