Last week the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 - but not Section 5 - of the Voting Rights Act. This means that while pre-clearance is OK, the map used to determine which states and local jurisdictions are subject to pre-clearance is not.
It also means that Congress has to redo the map, if there is to be any federal oversight of state election laws. Here's where things get tricky. No new map, no more pre-clearance, and not everyone in Congress has an incentive to redo the map. Some do however, and many members of Congress have promised to support a revised map.
I want you to write about the likelihood that this Congress, as dysfunctional as it is, can create a new map replacing the one used since the 1960s to guide the preclearance process.
Give at least at least 150 words - as you know
