By GARY FIELDS, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 time, it’s a rehearing of a Louisiana lawsuit over the state’s redrawn congressional map in a case that revolves around the same part of the 60-year-old law .

At the heart of Wednesday’s arguments lies a simple question, and one with potentially far-reaching consequences: Will the cour

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