Honestly, I think this ruling takes a lot of wind out of the sails of Democrat’s efforts to pass the For the People Act or other federal voting rights protections. The Court has basically signalled that they’re going to invalidate any federal attempt to intervene in state voting laws. Even if Joe Manchin were to have an epiphany and vote to eliminate the filibuster and pass voting rights legislation tomorrow, it would be stayed until after the 2022 election and substantially gutted by the Supreme Court.
I fear that we’ve got a dark time ahead. Right now Republican states are taking what are basically nibbles at voting rights. The Supreme Court has given them permission to take much larger bites.