Supreme Court rules on Voting Rights Act, striking down Louisiana map

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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 weakens a central provision of the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana’s legal saga thrust the state into the center of conservatives’ push to curtail Section 2 of the landmark voting law, which…

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Supreme Court rules on Voting Rights Act, striking down Louisiana map
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Supreme Court rules on Voting Rights Act, striking down Louisiana map

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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 weakens a central provision of the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana’s legal saga thrust the state into the center of conservatives’ push to curtail Section 2 of the landmark voting law, which…