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The damage the Supreme Court and President Trump has inflicted on the political and economic mobility of Black Americans is so wide-ranging that it is hard to grasp. In a fait accompli for Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court significantly eroded another key provision of the Voting Rights Act in a 6-3 ruling, dealing a devastating blow to a crown jewel of civil rights-era law and the future of Black political representation. In a prior case, Thornburg v. Gingles, the court h