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Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the move to order more arguments and said the court should have decided the case.<\/p>\n<p>The move meant the state&#8217;s map with two majority-Black districts would remain intact for now.<\/p>\n<p>The district lines at the center of the dispute were invalidated in 2022 by a three-judge lower court panel, which sided with a group of self-described &#8220;non-African-American voters&#8221; who had challenged the House map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.<\/p>\n<p>The map wasn&#8217;t the first crafted by the state&#8217;s Republican-led legislature in the wake of the 2020 Census. 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