Lawmaker Power to Draw Gerrymandered Congressional Map Tested at Missouri Supreme Court

Red state Republicans are waging an all out war in scorched earth attack

President Donald Trump demanded that Republican-led states redraw their congressional districts mid-decade because he expects he’s in trouble for the midterms.Missouri Republicans obliged, gerrymandering Kansas City to dilute the voting power of Black voters and get representation of Missouri’s 40% Democratic voters down to 12.5% of congressional seats.And yet, Republicans face a serious obstacle in their attempt to move the goalposts for our au…

Republican officials are waging an all out war on the Missouri Constitution

Missouri Capitol Police officers conduct security checks on boxes of petition signatures submitted to force a referendum vote on the state’s new congressional map. State courts in Missouri and other states may decide whether new maps passed this year are used in the 2026 midterm elections (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent).President Donald Trump demanded that Republican-led states redraw their congressional districts mid-decade because he expect…

Lawmaker power to draw gerrymandered congressional map tested at Missouri Supreme Court

The first case challenging Missouri’s gerrymandered redistricting plan to reach the state Supreme Court questions whether lawmakers had the power to enact the plan at all. The court’s seven judges on Tuesday spent nearly an hour discussing the definition of…