The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by Republicans in Virginia’s congressional delegation. Their lawyers had urged the three judges not to impose a new map before the Supreme Court rules later this year.

U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady and Judge Albert Diaz of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in their majority opinion Thursday that waiting would compound the injury.

U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne dissented in part, saying “a remedial plan is neither required, nor permitted.” He also split with the majority on the timing of the ruling. Payne said implementation of the remedial plan “should have been stayed pending resolution of the merits of the case by the Supreme Court.”

O’Grady and Diaz wrote in their majority opinion that “the public interest aligns with the plaintiffs’ and defendants’ interests, and thus militates against staying implementation of a remedy.”

They added that “the harms to the plaintiffs would be harms to every voter in the Third Congressional District. In addition, the harms to the commonwealth are public harms.”

Scott praised the new map, saying it “fixes the unconstitutional racial gerrymander of Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District.”