WASHINGTON — Legal scholars say it's possible the U.S. Supreme Court could use the redistricting case that will determine whether Louisiana sends one or two Black representatives to Congress as a vehicle to invalidate 60-year-old civil rights protections.

Last year, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Louisiana v. Callais on how best to balance Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which allows configuring districts in a way that minorities have an opportunity to elect one of their own, and the Equal Protection Clause, which forbids creating districts based on race.

The high court punted a decision last term and asked for new arguments on whether Section 2, the remaining legal tool to enforce the Voting Rights Act, is now obsolete, thus violating the 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S

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