Hot on the heels of a bombshell U.S. Supreme Court ruling, red states are moving to redraw congressional district maps, while the Justice Department eyes prosecuting states that refuse to.

The Supreme Court handed down its consequential ruling in Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, determining that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) does not permit for creating rase-based congressional districts. In the past, courts have required that congressional district boundaries not “crack” ethnic minority groups, resulting in congressional districts composed almost entirely of ethnic minorities, called majority-minority districts. The Supreme Court’s ruling eliminated that precedent.

Almost immediately after the Supreme Court handed down its ruling, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R) ordered a halt to ongoing primary elections in his state and announced that the state legislature would be called for a special session to redraw Louisiana’s congressional district maps in accord with the Supreme Court’s ruling. Of Louisiana’s six congressional districts, two are currently held by Democrats, spanning almost the length of the Bayou State to incorporate the three metropolitan hubs of Shreveport, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans.

“The best way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race. Here in Louisiana, we’re proud to lead the nation on this charge,” Landry said in a social media post. “Allowing elections to proceed under an unconstitutional map would undermine the integrity of our system and violate the rights of our voters.”

On Thursday, a federal three-judge panel upheld Landry’s executive order and clarified that elections based on Louisiana’s current congressional district maps are unlawful as those maps are unconstitutional under the Supreme Court’s ruling. The state has been ordered to submit new congressional district maps within three days of the court’s order.

According to President Donald Trump, who has called on Republican-led states to aggressively redistrict and eliminate Democrat-held seats in the U.S. House of Representatives ahead of November’s midterm elections, Tennessee will also redraw its congressional district maps to comply with the Callais ruling. “I had a very good conversation with Governor Bill Lee, of Tennessee, this morning, wherein he stated that he would work hard to correct the unconstitutional flaw in the Congressional Maps of the Great State of Tennessee,” the president said in a Truth Social post, adding that Tennessee state legislators had also agreed to revise the Volunteer State’s maps. “This should give us one extra seat, and help Save our Country from the Radical Left Democrats, and their Country destroying Policies of High Tax, Open Borders, Transgender Mutilization, Defunding the Police, ICE, and Border Patrol, No Voter ID, Soft on Crime, and so much more.”

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) on Thursday bucked the red state trend and announced that she would not convene a special session of the state legislature to redistrict. While she praised the Supreme Court’s seismic ruling, she said that the decision “does not yet resolve our ongoing redistricting fight over Alabama’s congressional map.” Ivey noted that disputes over Alabama’s congressional district maps are still pending before the Supreme Court and that federal courts have ordered the state not to use maps drawn in 2023 that would now be compliant with the Supreme Court’s ruling in Callais. “While we are not in a position to have a special session at this time,” Ivey said, “I hope in light of this new decision, the court is favorable to Alabama.”

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) promptly filed emergency appeals at the Supreme Court, requesting that the injunctions blocking use of the 2023 maps be lifted. “The Supreme Court has now made clear that you cannot assume race and politics are the same thing, you have to actually show they’re separate,” Marshall said in a statement. “Because the lower court’s injunction cannot stand in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling, we have asked the court to lift the injunction. Alabama deserves the right to use its own maps, just like every other state.”

Ivey shared her support for Marshall’s appeals. “Alabama knows our state, our people and our districts better than the federal courts or activist groups. I remain hopeful that Alabama receives a favorable ruling,” she said in a social media post. According to a report from independent journalist C.J. Pearson on Friday morning, Marshall and Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, along with Marshall’s deputy and likely successor Katherine Robertson, successfully lobbied Ivey to convene a special legislative session to draw new maps. No formal announcement of the special session has been made yet, as of time of writing.

While red states are now free to break up the majority-minority districts within their states, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is planning to investigate such districts in other states and take legal action against unconstitutional congressional district maps. In a letter Thursday to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) urged the DOJ to enforce the Supreme Court’s ruling and “seize this opportunity to protect Americans by enforcing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.” In a social media post, Schmitt added, “DOJ has the power to enforce this decision nationwide and must use it to end illegal racially-gerrymandered districts.”

“Senator — we are ON IT!” Dhillon replied in a social media post. She asserted that the DOJ will “prioritize equal protection of the laws for ALL Americans, be it in employment, housing, education — and VOTING!” According to an analysis from Just the News, there are currently 45 redistricting cases pending in both state and federal courts. Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Joe Gruters confirmed that the RNC is involved in 30 lawsuits across 32 states related to congressional district maps.