SCOTUS Weighs Ending Race-Based Districts: The Brief

THE US SUPREME COURT on Wednesday will consider Republican calls to undercut the most significant remaining part of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 civil rights law passed to address rampant discrimination against Black voters, especially in the South, Greg Stohr reports.

• At issue in an unusual re-argument of a Louisiana redistricting case is whether the Constitution permits the intentional creation of heavily Black or Hispanic districts to ensure that minority voters can elect candidates of their choice. A ruling that it doesn’t would be a boon for Republicans, given that these districts tend to vote Democratic. The justices ...