A major pillar of the Voting Rights Act that aims to prevent racial discrimination during the redistricting process is in the hands of the Supreme Court in a case that could reshape voting representation across the country.

On Wednesday, the justices heard arguments in a Republican-led challenge to the civil-rights-era law.

The case centers on a years-long legal battle over Louisiana’s Congressional maps.

A lower court found an older version of the map illegally diluted Black voting power, prompting a revision that included a second majority-minority district. The question before the high court now is whether Louisiana’s intentional creation of a second majority-Black district violates the Constitution’s 14th and 15th amendments.

“The Constitution does not tolerate this system of gover

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