The decision led liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to harshly criticize the court's conservative majority as Louisiana rushes to draw a new map for this year's election.

The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that its decision declaring Louisiana’s congressional map unconstitutional should go into effect immediately, clearing a major hurdle for the state’s Republican-controlled legislature to redraw its maps ahead of the midterms.

The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for Louisiana to redraw a hotly contested congressional map that the court ruled days earlier was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, a highly technical decision that sparked a bitter back-and-forth between three conservatives and a member of the court’s liberal wing.

The Supreme Court’s decision last week invalidating Louisiana’s congressional map has spawned a fast-moving set of court fights over the state’s ongoing primary, as Gov. Jeff Landry seeks to halt the ongoing primaries to draw a new congressional map.

Former federal prosecutor Katie Cherkasky analyzes the Supreme Court's pivotal ruling that outlaws race-based gerrymandering on 'Fox Report.'

The U.S. ⁠Supreme ⁠Court on Monday allowed ⁠its recent ruling that gutted a key part of ​the Voting Rights Act to take effect ahead of schedule, bolstering Louisiana Republicans ‌as they pursue a new ‌congressional voting map ahead of the November midterm elections.

Louisiana's May congressional primaries are suspended after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling struck down a majority Black congressional district map.

Democrats are vowing to fight back after the Supreme Court eliminated a majority-Black Louisiana House district, as more states look to redraw maps.