Southern GOP-Led States Rush to Remap After Supreme Court Voting Rights Act Ruling

Republican narrative

Race-based redistricting was never about protecting voters; it was about engineering outcomes by assuming Black Americans vote as a bloc, which is both condescending and unconstitutional. SCOTUS' recent ruling finally affirmed what fair-minded people have known — drawing districts by race violates the Constitution. Southern states now have a real chance to build maps rooted in law rather than racial politics.