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redistricting are no longer constitutional. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/09/nx-s1-5810937/how-the-supreme-court-gutted-black-voting-power) ### [Code Switch](https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch) ### [How the Supreme Court gutted Black voting power](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/09/nx-s1-5810937/how-the-supreme-court-gutted-black-voting-power) [ in April weakened how race might be considered in cases of congressional redistricting
Supreme Court's voting rights ruling could play a big role at the local level](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/nx-s1-5812837/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-state-local-redistricting) That landmark decision in April weakened the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination in redistricting
supreme court [ruled](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf) that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark decision that effectively guts a major section of the Voting Rights Act.** **In a 6-3 decision
redistricting at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge on May 8. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Fields' district is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, in a major decision that weakens the landmark Voting Rights
effect the map approved by the voters, which yields four more likely Democratic congressional seats. In their [emergency application](https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A1240/408563/20260511151941216_25A%20Application%20for%20Stay.pdf), they argued the Virginia Supreme Court was "deeply mistaken" in its decision
decision could encourage more chaos, experts warn  The U.S. Supreme Court **Kent Nishimura/Getty Images** Kent Nishimura/Getty Images The Supreme Court was in the news Wednesday after delivering
supreme court’s decision from earlier today effectively [gutting a major section](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) of the Voting Rights Act. Trump claimed that he was unaware of today’s rulinguntil the moment a reporter asked
redistricting, rather than gerrymandering. ## How has the US Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act? Section 2 of the act was amended by Congress in 1982 to prohibit electoral maps that would result in undermining
effectively deprives the Black community of representation in Congress. “These maps are racist tools of white supremacy at the behest of the most powerful white supremacist in the United States of America, Donald J. Trump
Supreme Court ruled yesterday that Louisiana's 2024 election map** was an "unconstitutional racial gerrymander." The map established a second majority-Black congressional district. The [justices' 6-3 decision](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting) fell along partisan
supreme court decision came down. Republicans in Tennessee eliminated the state’s one Black congressional district and Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina and Georgia are all moving in turn. Mississippi, whose population is nearly 40% Black
redistricting for explicitly partisan purposes. DeSantis and his aides believe those provisions will not be a legal barrier because they have been weakened previously by the [Florida](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida) supreme court and again
supreme court [gutted a major section of the Voting Rights Act](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling), giving Republicans the power to redraw congressional district maps to weaken the influence of Black and other minority voters. It also
effectively gutted a major section of the [Voting Rights Act.](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/supreme-court-voting-rights-ruling-explainer) The move cracks Tennessee’s ninth congressional district, which covers Memphis, into three pieces, each of which contains almost exactly a third
decision on a Louisiana congressional district Wednesday morning. Both developments will assist President Trump's national push to help the GOP in the midterm elections. With the Florida redistricting, the GOP likely gains an advantage
Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act, AP reports. The court ruled that Louisiana relied too heavily on race when creating a second Black-majority House district as it attempted to comply
effectively erased the advantage Republicans built off new maps in Texas, North Carolina, Ohio and Missouri. It’s a stark reversal nearly nine months after Trump [first urged Republicans](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/15/trump-five-seat-pickup-redraw-texas-congressional-map-00454301) in the Lone
effect. But Trump continues to [threaten Iran with more bombing](https://one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5815876:x) if it doesn't agree to a U.S. proposal to end the conflict. Iran says it's reviewing the proposal and will
supreme court [effectively gutted a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) in Louisiana v Callais, a string of Republican-led states have [scrambled](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/states-redistricting-maps-voting-rights-act) [to](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/georgia-brian-kemp-electoral-maps-session) [redraw