Georgia’s <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2021/03/26/politics/georgia-voting-law-food-drink-ban-trnd/index.html" target="_blank">voter restrictions</a> were dashed into law Thursday by Republicans shaken over recent election losses and <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2021/03/26/politics/trump-election-fraud-lie-georgia/index.html" target="_blank">lies about fraud</a> from former President Donald Trump, yet the measures also developed against a backdrop of US Supreme Court decisions hollowing out federal voting rights protection.

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