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UpInArms

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1. From your link
Wed May 6, 2026, 08:55 AM
Yesterday
“Not content to have decided the law, it now takes steps to influence its implementation,” she fumed. “The Court’s decision to buck our usual practice under Rule 45.3 and issue the judgment forthwith is tantamount to an approval of Louisiana’s rush to pause the ongoing election in order to pass a new map.”

Justice Alito, joined by Justices Thomas and Gorsuch, howled at the “baseless and insulting” suggestion that they acted out of partisan motivation, calling it “a groundless and utterly irresponsible charge.”

“The dissent would require that the 2026 congressional elections in Louisiana be held under a map that has been held to be unconstitutional,” they protested, insisting that following the 32-day default rule would be the real partisan intervention.

This is breathtakingly disingenuous.

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