BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — It's a division that's bringing the entire district to the steps of the Capitol.

"It's just that we are a house divided against itself, cannot stand. And right now, Louisiana, our nation is divided," said Alfreda Tilman Bester, a Baton Rouge resident.

While the Supreme Court tries to make a decision on congressional maps in Louisiana, lawmakers and activists make their voices heard on how this could reshape politics in the state. District 6 runs from Shreveport to Baton Rouge. Bester has lived here all her life and said she's worried and afraid.

"It's as if the people who are making these decisions want to marginalize the community that I am a part of, and we're not going to stand for it. We're not going to stand for it," she said.

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