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Cite as:  588 U. S. ____ (2019) 

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KAGAN, J., dissenting 

Republicans  and  3  Democrats. 
Is  it  conceivable  that 
someday  voters  will  be  able  to  break  out  of  that  prefabri-
cated  box?  Sure.    But  everything  possible  has  been  done 
to make that hard.  To create a world in which power does
not flow from the people because they do not choose their 
governors.

Of  all  times  to  abandon  the  Court’s  duty  to  declare  the
law,  this  was  not  the  one.  The  practices  challenged  in 
these cases imperil our system of government.  Part of the 
Court’s  role  in  that  system  is  to  defend  its  foundations. 
None is more important than free and fair elections.  With 
respect but deep sadness, I dissent.