Louisiana v. Callais · ¶124

Today's ruling is part of a set: For over a decade, this Court has had its sights set on the Voting Rights Act. In 2013, the Court made a nullity of Section 5, the provision of the Act enabling the Department of Justice to review and block new voting rules—including redistrictings—in jurisdictions with a history of voter suppression. See Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U. S. 529 (2013). Congress had recently, and after lengthy study, reauthorized that preclearance mechanism. It found the scheme still essential to counter the protean techniques States can use to prevent minorities from exercising their fair share of political infuence. But this Court thought it knew better. “[T]hings have changed dramatically,” the Court explained, id., at 547, ignoring that whether things had changed dramatically enough to make the law dispensable was a question better left to its democratically…

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