When Congress “overrides” the court (opens in new tab)

The Supreme Court’s April 29 ruling curtailing a key provision of the Voting Rights Act cleared the way for last-minute redistricting pushes in states such as Louisiana and Tennessee \. As a result, it fueled new , more urgent calls for Congress to take action to ban mid-decade map drawing and partisan gerrymandering and to bring an end to the battle over redistricting\. These pleas for congressional action serve as a reminder that the Supreme Court doesn’t necessarily have the final say on a...