commentary No longer bothering to hide its agenda, the administration is making blatant appeals to the Old South Published May 6, 2026 9:00AM (EDT) President Donald Trump speaks to journalists at the Kennedy Center on Jan. 29, 2026. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images) Anyone who’s observed the Supreme Court over the past few years knew it was pretty much assured that the conservative majority would gut the Voting Rights Act the first chance they got. But the anticipation made the Court’s 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais no less shocking and appalling for having been anticipated.  The conservative justices paved the way for the massive redistricting of Southern states that is already transpiring only days after the ruling. These actions will almost certainly eliminate most of the South’s Black representation, leaving those states essentially where they were before the Civil Rights Movement.  After the Voting Rights Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Lyndon B.…