Supreme Court Weighs Ending Raced-Based Voting Districts as Election Looms

The US Supreme Court is poised to consider further cutting a landmark 1965 civil rights law with a case that could boost Republican election hopes and call into question as many as 19 congressional districts with primarily Black or Hispanic populations.

In an unusual re-argument of a Louisiana redistricting clash Wednesday, the conservative-dominated court will weigh GOP calls to undercut the most significant remaining part of the Voting Rights Act, a law that was passed to address rampant discrimination against Black voters, particularly in the South. The justices have already significantly diluted the law twice since 2013.