The Brief

WASHINGTON - While hearing arguments Wednesday over a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, the U.S. Supreme Court appeared inclined to limit the law's ability to force states to draw electoral districts in favor of minority voters.

Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act specifically prohibits voting practices and procedures that discriminate on the basis of race; if it were to be done away with, the main way plaintiffs challenge discriminatory election practices would cease to be.

What we know:

The plaintiffs in this case argue that a Black-majority congressional district in Louisiana relies too heavily on race, and therefore has an unconstitutional racial basis , specifically in regard to both the 14th and 15th Amendments. They also argue that the map of this district

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