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The Voting Rights Act was passed to stop racial discrimination in voting.

The case, Louisiana v. Callais, questions if states can comply with the Voting Rights Act without violating constitutional bans on racial discrimination.

Louisiana's congressional map is at the center of the dispute, with arguments over the number of majority-Black districts.

In 1965, Congress passed landmark civil rights legislation to stop racial discrimination in voting; part of the law could be in jeopardy through a case heard by the Supreme Court on Oct. 15.

When Congress first passed this legislation, only six members of the U.S. House were Black. Today, there are 10 times as many Black lawmakers, a share of the House on par with the total share of Black Americans.

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