The Supreme Court rule 6-3 in a decision that has implications for the scope of the landmark Voting Rights Act.

The Supreme Court’s invalidation of Louisiana’s congressional map has triggered a swirling debate about just how fundamentally the justices altered the Voting Rights Act landscape. Even the justices themselves disagree.

See more charts on how the passage of the landmark law in 1965 helped increase Black representation in the U.S. House, especially in the South, according to a Times analysis.

It took the Voting Rights Act in 1965, and its revisions decades later, to restore Black congressional representation in the South after Reconstruction.

In a 6-3 decision on Wednesday, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district, ruling it an unconstitutional gerrymander. The ruling has significant implications for future applications of the Voting Rights Act (VRA),

The 1965 law was mean to address fundamental inequities in American life, and was one of the signal accomplishments of the civil rights movement.

He spoke with POLITICO about the implications of the court’s ruling and what, if anything, Democrats can do about it.

T.W. Shannon disagreed with former President Obama on the Supreme Court's racial redistricting ruling, saying race should not be a deciding factor in drawing districts.