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Supreme Court rehears Louisiana case challenging Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act .

Ruling could reshape representation for Black voters in Louisiana and beyond.

Louisiana’s redrawn map added a second majority-Black congressional district.

Outcome could affect future redistricting and local election laws nationwide.

Voting rights activists were relieved in 2023 when, in a surprise to some, the Supreme Court upheld the most important remaining element of the Voting Rights Act.

The ruling forced Alabama and later Louisiana to redraw their congressional maps to give Black residents greater representation, moves that eventually sent two additional Black lawmakers to Washington.

Two years later, the Voting Rights Act’s Section 2 is before the court again. This tim

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