Court’s 6-3 decision is a major upheaval in US civil rights law and gives lawmakers permission to draw districting plans that weaken the influence of Black and other minority voters– key US politics stories from Wednesday 29 April at a glance

The court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais takes the teeth out of the Voting Rights Act, making it nearly impossible to draw new minority districts.

The decision will make it more difficult to successfully challenge legislative maps for diluting the voting power of racial minorities.