The Supreme Court declared Louisiana’s addition of a second majority-Black congressional district an unconstitutional gerrymander on Wednesday, a 6-3 decision along ideological lines that carries seismic implications for the future of the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana’s legal saga thrust the state into the center of conservatives’ push to weaken a central provision of the 1965 law that has…
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Supreme Court rules on Voting Rights Act, striking down Louisiana map
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Originally reported by The Hill
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