The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Louisiana v. Callais to sharply limit Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, making it much harder to challenge racial gerrymanders in redistricting. The practical impact is already clear — Cook Political Report and Sabato's Crystal Ball identify 7 House seats that could flip Republican as states redraw maps, and Speaker Mike Johnson is already urging GOP states to redistrict before the midterms. The Slate piece is an opinion column with hot framing ('worst ruling in a century'), but the underlying legal analysis tracks with mainstream coverage from NBC, Guardian, and Politico calling the VRA effectively a 'dead letter.' What's missing from the post: the dissenting justices' arguments and the conservative legal rationale that race-conscious districting itself raises 14th Amendment equal protection concerns.