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Supreme Court Adds Gerrymandering Case to Docket

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a closely watched Louisiana redistricting dispute involving a map that created a second majority-Black congressional district in the state. The two cases, Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais, provide an opportunity for the justices to address the tension between the Voting Rights Act and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.