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The Republican representative from that district asked the Supreme Court to pause that ruling until the map could be redrawn.

The Supreme Court agreed and overturned the lower court's stay.

That decision will likely help Republicans keep that congressional seat in the midterms.

Rick Hassan wrote on his blog that for him, the headline was Justice Alito's concurrence, which says race-conscious redistricting is odious.

Hassan is concerned because Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which, as we discussed, is being challenged in another case before the Supreme Court, prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race.

Hassan says yesterday's decision is, quote, bad news, not just for Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, but for more voting protection in the states, unquote.

After we take a short break, John Powers will review a new Japanese film about a gangster son who dreams of being a star in Kabuki theater.

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The new Japanese film, Kokuho, set box office records in its home country.

It's now playing in theaters here.

The movie, which received an Oscar nomination for hair and makeup, tells the story of a gangster son who dreams of being a star in Japan's famously rigorous Kabuki theater.

Our critic-at-large John Power says, Kokuho carried him away into a fascinating subculture whose demands are at once familiar and unfamiliar.

John Powers reviewed Kokuhou.

It's now playing in theaters.

Tomorrow on Fresh Air, Morgan Neville talks with us about his new documentary, Man on the Run, about Paul McCartney after the breakup of the Beatles.

Neville's made documentaries about Fred Rogers, Pharrell, and Orson Welles.

He won an Oscar and a Grammy for his film 20 Feet from Stardom about backup singers.

Hope you'll join us.

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