The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday appeared poised to significantly weaken a key Voting Rights Act provision that prohibits states from diluting the power of minority voters — a pivotal case that could reshape elections and redistricting battles in Republican-led states ahead of the midterms. The case, Louisiana v. Callais, was first argued in March and centers on whether Louisiana’s 2024 congressional map — which added a second majority-Black district — amounts to an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Its outcome could determine how states nationwide apply the Voting Rig...
                                                        
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