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Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that s helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century. Such a change would boost Republican electoral prospects, particularly across the South. During 2 1/2 hours of arguments Wednesday, the court’s six conservative justices seemed inclined to effectively strike down a Black majority congressional district in Louisiana because it relied too heavily on race. If that is the outcome, it would mark a fundamental change in the 1965 voting rights law that was the centerpiece...

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