Supreme Court Orders Second Argument Over Voting Rights Act

Louisiana voters and civil rights advocates demonstrate outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on March 24. 

Photographer: Jemal Countess/Getty Images

The US Supreme Court said it will hear a new round of arguments on a Louisiana congressional map that created an additional majority-Black voting district.

The court didn’t specify what additional issues it will consider. But some conservative justices have signaled they want to consider taking the far-reaching step of outlawing race-based voting lines altogether.