然而，在该修正案存在的头80年里，最高法院对该修正案的解释背叛了这种平等的理想。

Yet for the first eight decades of the amendment's existence, the Supreme Court's interpretation of the amendment betrayed this ideal of equality.

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但该裁决强化了确保公民和他们选出的代表——而不是法院——平等接触政府的必要性。

But the ruling reinforces the need for citizens and their elected representatives, not the courts, to ensure equality of access to government.

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该裁决强化了公民和他们选出的代表的需要，而不是法院的需要，以确保平等接触政府。

The ruling reinforces the need for citizens and their elected representatives, not the courts, to ensure equality of access to government.

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