The national battle over congressional redistricting has intensified , rather than waned, a struggle now inflamed by a recent Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act. This decision provides states with new grounds to potentially eliminate voting districts with large minority populations. Against this backdrop, President Donald Trump ’s push to redraw U.S. House districts yielded mixed results on Tuesday. While South Carolina senators defied his desires, Missouri ’s top court upheld a new map, a decision that could help Republicans secure an additional seat in the November midterm elections. The contentious landscape is further complicated by ongoing legal challenges. Republican lawmakers in Louisiana are grappling with how politically aggressive to be when redrawing House districts, following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that invalidated a majority-Black district as an illegal racial gerrymander. The ripples of this Louisiana ruling are already being felt across the South.…