The Supreme Court on Monday weighed whether a Louisiana congressional map that includes two majority-black districts for the first time in decades is a lawful effort to comply with the Voting Rights Act or an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
At the heart of the case is a tension between two key legal standards: Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which instructs states to avoid any unnecessary dilutions to minority groups’ voting powers, and the 14th...
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