Court reinstates Republican-drawn congressional map for 2024 election

South Carolina Republican state lawmakers have been granted the right to implement their congressional map for this year's elections, a federal three-judge panel decided on Thursday.

The decision is happening because America's Supreme Court is mulling whether or not the map design qualifies as a racial gerrymander.

The reinstated map means that Republican Representative Nancy Mace's district now has even more of a GOP tilt to it, which should help Republicans hold onto the seat in their quest to regain control of the House in November.

A string of resignations have put the Republican majority in jeopardy.

"Having found that Congressional District No. 1 constitutes an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, the Court fully recognizes that ‘it would be the unusual case in which a court would be justified in not taking appropriate action to ensure that no further elections are conducted under an invalid plan,’" the panel wrote in its ruling.

"But with the primary election procedures rapidly approaching, the appeal before the Supreme Court still pending, and no remedial plan in place, the ideal must bend to the practical," the ruling continued.