WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is taking up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement, that could gut a key provision of the law that prohibits racial discrimination in redistricting.

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The Supreme Court is taking up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement

The challenge could gut a key provision of the law that prohibits racial discrimination in redistricting

The justices Wednesday are hearing arguments for the second time in a case over Louisiana's congressional map, which has two majority Black districts

A ruling for Louisiana could open the door for legislatures to redraw congressional maps across the South, potent

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