Washington DC - The Supreme Court on Monday expedited its ruling on the Voting Rights Act to allow the Republicans to redraw Louisiana's congressional maps ahead of the midterm elections.

Monday's ruling allows last week's decision, which sought to eliminate any use of race as a factor when drawing new electoral districts, to come into effect immediately rather than after the usual 32-day waiting period.

The move comes after Louisiana asked the conservative-dominated court to cancel the hold, meant to allow the losing party time to petition a rehearing, so that the state can move forward with its redistricting push.

After the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's second majority-Black district last week, the state's Governor Jeff Landry reportedly moved to suspend upcoming primary elections so a new GOP-led redistricting plan can be implemented before the midterms.

The court's decision guts Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which was designed to prevent voting practices that dilute minority influence.

"The date scheduled for the beginning of early voting in the primary election has already passed," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the court's latest ruling.

"The congressional districting map enacted by the legislature has been held to be unconstitutional, and the general election will be held in just six months."

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from Monday's decision and pointed out that the Supreme Court has only expedited a ruling twice in the last 25 years. She warned that the ruling could be perceived as partisan.

"To avoid the appearance of partiality here, we could, as per usual, opt to stay on the sidelines and take no position by applying our default procedures," she wrote.

"Today, the Court chooses the opposite. Not content to have decided the law, it now takes steps to influence its implementation."

Jackson accused the court of effectively approving the decision by Louisiana's Republican-led legislature to rush through a new congressional map.

Alito hit back at Jackson, writing that her claims were "groundless and utterly irresponsible."