The Supreme Court continues to overturn precedent, despite Chief Justice John Roberts defending his colleagues from criticism that they are too eager to curb decades-old precedent. Roberts claimed that his court, the Roberts court, had taken fewer precedents than any of its modern predecessors and averages less than two “overrulings” each year. Critics argue that the court effectively overturned precedent while not explicitly stating it was doing so. The court's decision on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and a Louisiana congressional map effectively disenfranchised voters claiming racial discrimination in redistricting requires a strong inference that lawmakers intentionally redrew district boundaries to disadvantage minority voters. However, the court rejected the state's claim that its map was discriminatory without considering race.