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Snip of four paragraphs from https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting, reading: It isn't yet clear how the decision will affect November's midterm elections, as candidate filing deadlines and primaries have passed in many states, meaning it would seem to be too late in those places to redraw maps in response to the ruling. Lawmakers and candidates in states including Tennessee and Georgia quickly called for new districts Wednesday. The state most directly affected is Louisiana, which is now forced to redraw its congressional map, likely with one fewer Democratic-leaning district. The high court's ruling reinterprets longstanding protections under the Voting Rights Act's Section 2, in places with racially polarized voting. Plaintiffs suing to argue that political lines dilute minority voting power must now prove discriminatory intent, and not just discriminatory effect. The focus of Section 2 must be banning "intentional racial discrimination," wrote Justice Samuel Alito, whose majority opinion was joined by his fellow conservative-leaning justices. But Atiba Ellis, a professor and an associate dean at Case Western Reserve University's law school, said proving such intent is notoriously difficult, thus weakening the law's protections.
A copy of SCRYE magazine issue 4/1 from April 1997 sealed in its original plastic bag set against a neutral off white background. The magazine features the cover illustration of black creature Magic card Nether Shadow by Tony DiTerlizzi, showing a man who has just woken up in the foreground holding a candle looking over his shoulder to see a dark spirit with a twisted grin and long outstretched fingers right behind him.
The Premodern-legal 1996 Mirage printing of the green sorcery Magic card Rampant Growth, featuring an illustration of a surprised fantasy antelope grazing in a field of newly planted crops while vines begin to grow up its forelegs. The flavor text reads "I've never *heard* growth before." - Gowon, Femeref herder.
A screen capture of a table from the article "List of Magic: The Gathering sets" from en.wikipedia.org modified to include column headers. The area of the table shown includes ten rows of Magic sets with columns of information such as the expansion symbol, development codename, prerelease and release dates, total cards and number of cards by rarity. The ten rows including the last five sets released (Edge of Eternities, Marvel's Spider-Man, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Lorwyn Eclipsed and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and the next five announced but unreleased sets.
A screen capture of the Magic: the Gathering search website scryfall.com, showing a query for all legal cards in the Standard format (4,168). Below the query in alphabetical order are images of the eight first cards in the search result: Aang, at the Crossroads; Aang's Iceberg; Aang's Journey; Aang, Swift Savior; Aang, the Last Airbender; Aatchik, Emerald Radian; Abandon Attachments and Abandoned Air Temple.
A screen capture of the Magic: the Gathering search website scryfall.com, showing a query for all legal cards in the Premodern format (5,375). Below the query in alphabetical order are images of the eight first cards in the search result: Abandoned Outpost, Abandon Hope, Abbey Gargoyles, Abbey Matron, Abduction, Abeyance, Abjure and Abolish [Ed. note: Abolish Ice].