The Supreme Court ruled in Louisiana v. Callais on April 28, 2026, making it harder to prove intentional discrimination under the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana now has one majority Black district, down from two, and Alabama's new map puts one of its two Black representatives at risk. South Carolina and Georgia considered redrawing their maps but did not before the midterms, while Mississippi Republicans are likely to carve up Bennie Thompson's majority Black seat in pursuit of an all-conservative delegation. The discussion has since widened: Callais is now read as blessing partisan gerrymandering as a reasonable basis for drawing district lines, going beyond Rucho, and Black turnout rose in every Southern primary held after the ruling.