The Daily A Landmark Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights
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Apr 30, 2026 
Nick Corasaniti, a New York Times politics reporter on voting and elections, joins Adam Liptak, the paper’s chief legal affairs correspondent. They dig into the Supreme Court’s Louisiana map ruling, the long unraveling of the Voting Rights Act, and the shift toward intent over impact. Then the focus turns to a new redistricting arms race, fast-moving state map fights, and what it could mean for Black political representation.
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How The Court Completed Its Dismantling Of The VRA
- Adam Liptak says Wednesday’s ruling completes a three-case sequence that hollowed out the Voting Rights Act’s core protections.
- He traces it from preclearance in 2013 to vote-denial claims in 2021 to minority-district protections now.
The New Test Makes Minority Vote Dilution Hard To Prove
- The new rule says maps violate the law only if lawmakers intended racial discrimination, not merely because they diluted minority voting power.
- Adam Liptak says legislators can claim partisan motives instead, and federal courts already permit partisan gerrymandering.
Why The Majority Says The Voting Rights Act Is Obsolete
- The conservative majority frames the ruling as colorblind constitutionalism and says the Voting Rights Act solved a past era’s crisis.
- Adam Liptak contrasts that with Elena Kagan’s dissent that only Congress, not the court, can declare the law no longer needed.