Democrats ready to fight after Supreme Court strikes down voting rights case

Published April 29, 2026 12:26pm ET | Updated April 29, 2026 12:26pm ET



The 2026 House map has been flipped upside down by a massive Supreme Court decision Wednesday to overturn the parts of the Voting Rights Act, as Democrats remain ready to fight.

The Supreme Court dealt a blow to race-based redistricting, finding that Louisiana’s second black-majority congressional district was created in violation of the Constitution, without fully gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. This ruling could allow more Republican states to redistrict, after redistricting wars have swept across the country and Democrats were poised to take the House in November. 

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