Ian Millhiser

The court's conservative majority said they weren't dismantling the Voting Rights Act, which was meant to protect the black vote in the South.

The court's liberal three said they were doing just that.

But the proof is in the pudding.

So we asked Ian Millhiser to tell us how states are responding to the Supreme Court decision today.

And it makes the most sense to start in Louisiana.

And they're going to change it to make more Republican districts.

Does that mean they're going to change the map to create whiter districts?

Yes.

OK, so Louisiana is going for it.

What about other red states?

What about blue states?

Are they all getting in on this?

The timing here cannot be ignored.

I mean, we've had this story ongoing this whole year of various states trying to redraw their maps to get Trump a few more seats or to counter Trump trying to get a few more seats.

And then the Supreme Court enters the chat and says, here's a tool to do even more of what you're doing, red states.

It doesn't seem like very healthy democracy kind of vibes out here, Ian.

No more cursing when we're back on Today Explained.

We're going to hear from one of the ACLU lawyers who was on that Kalei case at the Supreme Court.

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