A day after the Supreme Court heard arguments in a Texas redistricting battle, another redistricting case with potential national implications takes center stage, this time in Florida.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit will hear a challenge in a racially-charged lawsuit over an amendment to Florida’s constitution. Lawmakers have sued to try to block the amendment — passed by voter ballot in 2010 — which they say violates the U.S. Constitution because it strips the legislature of its right to regulate elections.

An African-American Democrat and a Hispanic Republican, joined by Florida’s House of Representatives, sued Florida in 2010, arguing that the so-called Fair Districts amendment dilutes the voting power of minorities. They also say it violates the Elections Clause of the Constitution, which gives state legislatures the power to regulate the time, place and manner of congressional elections.

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