The US Supreme Court building in Washington, DC, on October 2. Tristen Rouse/CNN

Two years ago, the US Supreme Court surprised observers and even some inside the court when it narrowly preserved the 1965 Voting Rights Act and race-based remedies intended to counteract historic discrimination against Blacks and other minorities.

But new signals from the justices point to a potential reversal and suggest a looming retrenchment of the landmark civil rights law.

The court may be on the brink of forbidding the consideration of race in redistricting and eroding states’ ability to consolidate Blacks or other racial minorities into majority-minority congressional districts to boost their chance of electing a candidate of their choice.

The longstanding Voting Rights Act cure for discriminat

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