Texas redistricting case turns ugly as judge dissents 15 times

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Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — When a federal court Tuesday dropped its bombshell 160-page decision invalidating Texas Republicans’ mid-decade redistricting effort as blatant racial gerrymandering, there was one big missing piece of the puzzle: a dissent.