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The Supreme Court turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by President Donald Trump on Friday, potentially putting an end to a long-running legal dispute as absentee voting is underway in the midterm elections.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg famously observed that the highest court in the land is rarely moved by the weather of the day, but it is inevitably shaped by the “climate of the era.” Throughout her career, Ginsburg championed a strategy of meticulous, quiet persuasion. She argued that you cannot change minds by walking…