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A ruling for the Trump administration would permit Republican-led states to redraw the congressional districts of a dozen or more Black Democrats.

Such a ruling would likely have ‘devastating’ consequences for minority representation, one expert said.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court may help the GOP keep control of the House of Representatives next year by clearing the way for Republican-led states to redraw election districts now held by Black Democrats.

That prospect formed the backdrop on Wednesday as the justices debated the future of the Voting Rights Act in a case from Louisiana.

The Trump administration’s top courtroom attorney urged he justices to rule that partisan p

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