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Supreme Court Rehears Louisiana Voting Rights Case on Race as Proxy in Redistricting

The dispute asks whether Section 2 remedies may prioritize race in drawing districts to cure vote dilution.

Supreme Court Rehears Louisiana Redistricting Case Testing Race and the Voting Rights Act