The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in a Louisiana redistricting case that a map creating a second majority-Black district violated the Constitution as racial gerrymandering, even though it was drawn to comply with the Voting Rights Act. This decision makes it harder to challenge maps that dilute minority voting power and marks another major restriction on civil rights protections—Bouie argues it functionally reverses decades of voting rights progress, though legal scholars debate whether the ruling truly 'guts' the Reconstruction Amendments or simply redefines acceptable remedies. The ruling affects how courts can weigh race as a factor in elections and shifts power toward challengers who invoke color-blindness arguments.