This is partisanship at its rawest. SCOTUS has clamped down on lower courts for rulings that could alter maps many *months* before an election—even when those maps have been judged illegal. Here, it`s rushing to let the Louisiana GOP change a map *while an election is underway.*

Chris Geidner(chrisgeidner.bsky.social): BREAKING: SCOTUS grants the Callais plaintiffs` request to issue the judgment now, meaning the ruling goes into effect and back to the district court immediately. This was done over a strong dissent from Jackson — prompting Alito (w Thomas & Gorsuch) to author an opinion concurring with the grant.

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