The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments regarding Louisiana’s congressional district maps, focusing on a case that could undermine a critical part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA).

The central legal issue concerns whether Louisiana’s redistricting, which added a second Black-majority congressional district, was overly race-conscious and violated the constitutional equal protection clause.

Driving the news: Louisiana’s population is about one-third Black, and Black voters largely support Democratic candidates; the state has six U.S. House districts. • The case pits Black voters’ interests, as represented by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, against challenges claiming that the district map unfairly diminishes non-Black voter influence. • Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act prohibits voti

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