"The Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow in an election case from Louisiana that could decide how far the federal courts can go in requiring state legislatures to consider race in drawing congressional district lines. At issue in the case (Louisiana v. Callais) is Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits voting practices that discriminate on the basis of race or membership in a minority-language group. The federal courts have cited the VRA as a basis for intervening in districting disputes to protect the interests of minority voters, though the Act was originally passed to protect only access to the ballot box."