Supreme Court Case Threatens to Reshape Voting Rights and Political Power
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The Supreme Court will hear Louisiana v. Callais, a case challenging the use of race in redistricting, which could significantly alter voting rights law and impact minority representation and partisan control in Congress, by potentially limiting the use of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and affecting future districting practices.
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