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Supreme Court majority seems open to weakening Voting Rights Act in Louisiana case

Members of the Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared open Wednesday to raising the bar for successfully challenging voting maps under a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, a decision that would weaken the landmark law and limit the consideration of race in the drawing of congressional districts.

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Supreme Court Questions Use of Race in Drawing Voting Districts

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The Supreme Court Is Going To Gut The Voting Rights Act To The Bone

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Supreme Court eyes overturning key part of Voting Rights Act

Now, the Supreme Court, which sliced away a large part of the Voting Rights Act a dozen years ago, could eliminate another key provision and reduce minority representation in Congress, reshaping the H...

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Voting Rights Are on the Supreme Court’s Chopping Block

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Supreme Court takes on Louisiana redistricting dispute, AP Explains

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NAACP Tells Supreme Court Louisiana Is So Racially Polarized That Partisan Gerrymandering Becomes Race Discrimination

Justice Samuel Alito drilled down on whether race is a proxy for partisan affiliation, during an oral argument Wednesday in a case on whether Louisiana's congressional districts are racially gerrymandered.

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Supreme Court Appears Poised to Allow GOP to Eliminate Democrat House Seats

The Supreme Court appear poised to limit the use of the Voting Rights Act after hearing extended arguments in a case challenging Louisiana’s newly drawn congressional map, which included a second majority-Black district.

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Live Updates: Supreme Court Will Weigh Role of Race in State Election Maps

The case over Louisiana congressional districts could have broad implications for the law and politics, and potentially gut the remaining pillar of the Voting Rights Act.

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Supreme Court takes up GOP-led challenge to Voting Rights Act that could affect control of Congress

The justices on Wednesday are hearing arguments for the second time in a case over Louisiana’s congressional map, which has two majority Black districts.

Supreme Court redistricting ruling could upend decades of voting rights law – and tilt the balance of power in Washington

A case being argued at the US Supreme Court could undo one of the last remaining protections for minority voters in a Civil Rights-era voting law.