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rampartd

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7. we are screwed either way.

Reply to markpkessinger (Reply #5)

Mon May 11, 2026, 06:28 PM

16 hrs ago

taking it now, on the shadow docket, cements the stay in place.

delay leaves the stay in place until, in the fullness of time, they can permanently block the redistricting.

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