WASHINGTON —

The Supreme Court is deliberating a case today that could reshape congressional redistricting nationwide, focusing on racial gerrymandering in Louisiana.

States are allowed to redistrict based on party lines, but this case in the Supreme Court deals with gerrymandering along racial lines and could change who you're voting for.

If the Supreme Court justices get rid of Section Two, the last remaining part of the Voting Rights Act , which prohibits racial discrimination in redistricting, it could upend electoral maps nationwide.

At issue is Louisiana's congressional map , which has two majority Black districts. The state drew a new map in 2022 , but civil rights advocates argued in federal court that it violated part of the Voting Rights Act because it only included o

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