The Supreme Court on Monday immediately put into effect its ruling invalidating Louisiana’s congressional map, leaving conservative Justice Samuel Alito and liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on opposite sides and accusing each other of lacking restraint. The order speeds up the normal 32-day timeline before the justices formally return a case to the lower court. Some groups questioned if the lower court had jumped the gun in the Louisiana case when it moved quickly to ensure state Republicans would have an opportunity to draw a new map before conducting this year’s election. Technically, the case remained with the justices. By returning it, the decision clears the way for the state to almost certainly redraw one of the state’s two Black-majority House districts, which would offer a pickup opportunity to House Republicans ahead of November. In dissent, Jackson said the majority “unshackles itself” from “constraints.” The court should follow the default rule, she insisted. It sparked a sharp rebuke from Alito, joined by fellow Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch. The trio, all part of the court’s conservative wing, called one part of Jackson’s dissent “baseless and insulting.” “The dissent in this suit levels charges that cannot go unanswered,” Alito wrote. “The dissent would require that the 2026 congressional elections in Louisiana be held under a map that has been held to be unconstitutional.” No other justice publicly disclosed their vote.