Louisiana suspends congressional primaries in wake of Supreme Court gerrymandering ruling

Republican Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill released a statement Thursday saying the "historic Supreme Court victory for Louisiana has an immediate consequence for the State."

"The Supreme Court previously stayed an injunction against the State's enforcement of the current Congressional map," the officials wrote. 

"By the Court's order, however, that stay automatically terminated with [Wednesday's] decision. Accordingly, the State is currently enjoined from carrying out congressional elections under the current map."

"This is going to cause mass confusion among voters - Democrats, Republicans, White, Black, everybody," Louisiana state Sen. Royce Duplessis, a Democrat who represents the New Orleans area, told The Associated Press. "What they're effectively doing is changing the rules of the game in the middle of the game. It's rigging the system."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.