The ruling is expected to help Republicans in future elections and could trigger a new wave of redistricting, according to multiple reports. Republican officials and Trump administration attorneys argued that racial discrimination is no longer a sufficient basis for Section 2 claims. Black voters in Louisiana comprise one-third of the population but were concentrated into one majority-Black district.
Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the majority opinion, previously wrote in a 2013 ruling that 'Our country has changed' while gutting a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. ' The decision leaves unanswered how Louisiana will draw its new maps and what impact it will have on other states with similar majority-minority districts.
Our country has changed. And while any racial discrimination in voting is too much, Congress must ensure that the legislation it passes to remedy that problem speaks to current conditions.
Section 2 is permanent, applies nationwide, and is not at issue in this case.