Supreme Court hands Latino voters a victory in racial gerrymandering case

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Supreme Court hands Latino voters a victory in racial gerrymandering case

The Supreme Court handed Latino voters in Washington State a victory on Tuesday — and declined a move that could have potentially eroded Voting Rights Act protections further.According to Democracy Docket, the justices will not take up Soto Palmer v. Hobbs, a case filed in 2022 in which a judge found legislative districts in Eastern Washington intentionally "cracked" Latino voters to deny them representation. The justices simultaneously reversed…