through the court's majority decision, the voting rights act was upheld and able to be implemented without any barriers. this allowed for over 800,000 african americans to register to vote between 1964 and 1967. this case was also used as a precedent in other judicial challenges to the voting rights act. according to indiana university maurer school of law professor luis fuentes-rohwer, the case served as an example of a firm interpretation of the 15th amendment, which granted congress "full remedial powers" to prevent any racial discrimination. fuentes-roher also stated that the case was also an example of the supreme court giving more power to congress by allowing them to create legislation on a topic usually reserved for the states. opponents of the ruling cite this as an example of judicial activism on steroids, implying this was an overreach of the supreme court's powers. they argue the case was decided by the judges' personal beliefs and motives instead of the law and judicial precedent.