A pair of unusually heated Georgia Supreme Court elections grew even more consequential on Wednesday, when the U.S. Supreme Court dramatically weakened the Voting Rights Act with a 6-3 decision in Louisiana vs. Callais—effectively inviting states to overhaul their election laws and pursue a fresh round of gerrymandering.

Within hours of the ruling, prominent Republicans called for the adoption of new maps that could gut Black political representation in Georgia, which already has a long history of limiting Black voting power.

The Callais decision comes as no surprise to the candidates in Georgia’s May 19 judicial elections, who told Bolts in interviews ahead of the decision that they were preparing for such a ruling, and that they expected it would hand the Georgia Supreme Court, like its counterparts in the rest of the country, greater responsibility on matters of election law.

Two liberal lawyers, former Democratic state Senator Jen Jordan and personal injury attorney Miracle Rankin, are seeking to oust Justices Sarah Warren and Charlie Bethel, respectively, and all but Warren agreed to interviews with Bolts. The elections are officially nonpartisan, but the challengers are running with Democratic Party backing, while Governor Brian Kemp and other Republicans have rallied around the incumbents.

In a post-Callais America, Jordan told Bolts, “People are going to have to start bringing more and more of these challenges to the state court system … I’m looking forward at what’s going to be coming down the pike in terms of democracy or election challenges.

“Pro-democracy, pro-people justices—that’s the majority I would like to see,” she said.