Supreme Court Casts Doubt on Use of Race to Draw Voting Maps

The US Supreme Court’s conservatives suggested they will restrict the creation of majority-Black or Hispanic voting districts in a case that could further undercut a landmark civil rights law and bolster Republican electoral prospects.

In an unusual re-argument Wednesday over Louisiana’s congressional map, key justices expressed support for GOP-led efforts to narrow the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Justice Brett Kavanaugh questioned whether a central aspect of the law was still warranted 60 years after it was passed in response to rampant discrimination against Black voters in the South.