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Supreme Court upholds Texas voting districts

The Supreme Court upheld current state and congressional districts in Texas in a much-awaited 5-4 decision on racial gerrymandering. The majority rejected a lower court's findings that Texas had engaged in racial discrimination, primarily against black and Hispanic voters, in its 2013 redistricting map. The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle joins Amna Nawaz to discuss the ruling.