US Supreme Court curbs race-based voting maps in landmark ruling
Le Monde
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In a 6-3 ruling split along ideological lines, the conservative-dominated court struck down a map that creates a second majority-Black district in Louisiana, finding it amounted to an unconstitutional racial gerrymander despite being drawn to comply with the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Louisiana primary suspended after ruling
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