READ: Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais

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The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, struck down Louisiana’s congressional map on Wednesday that added a second majority-Black district, a decision that carries seismic implications for the future of the Voting Rights Act.  Louisiana’s legal saga thrust the state into the center of conservatives’ push to weaken a central provision of…