Supreme Court rejects a Trump-backed Missouri congressional map for the third time
The justices said switching maps now would cause election chaos as absentee ballots are already out and more than 1 million voters have been moved.
- On Friday, the Supreme Court barred the use of Missouri's Republican-friendly congressional map in the midterm election, marking the third time the high court intervened to halt the Republican-drawn map.
- Following President Donald Trump's call for nationwide redistricting, Missouri's legislature redrew maps to favor Republicans in seven of eight seats. Opponents subsequently submitted over 300,000 signatures to force a referendum.
- Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins rejected the referendum petitions, but the Missouri Supreme Court ruled the initiative effectively suspended the new map. The court later held Hoskins in contempt.
- The Eighth Circuit ruled on Monday that the Republican-drawn Missouri map could be used, though it never went into effect. The Supreme Court overturned this decision after opponents filed an emergency application.
- Voters will use a 2022 map including six Republican seats and two held by Democrats. Absentee voting under this map began Tuesday as the state sent ballots to military and overseas voters.
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BREAKING: Supreme Courts Deals Republicans HUGE Blow To Missouri’s Redistricting Map – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Jack
The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the latest attempt to force Missouri to use its Republican-drawn 2025 congressional map in the November midterms.
Supreme Court Again Rejects GOP Plan to Redistrict Missouri
The Supreme Court on Friday turned away an expected to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by President Trump, potentially putting an end to a long-running legal dispute with absente voting underway in the midterm elections. The justices stopped a federal appeal court ruling that would have revived the...
Supreme Court Stays Decision Allowing Missouri to Use New Congressional Map
"On the merits, the Court’s precedents have not previously stated that Article I, Section 2 requires a state to use the primary election map in a general election, and given that the equities heavily favor staying this late-breaking intervention, it suffices that the merits are not entirely clearcut." The post Supreme Court Stays Decision Allowing Missouri to Use New Congressional Map first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
Supreme Court bars Republican-drawn map in Missouri for third time
The US Supreme Court, acting for a third time in a fierce battle over the makeup of Missouri's congressional districts, barred the state on Friday from using a redrawn map designed to favor Republicans in November's elections, a setback for President Donald Trump's party as it fights to keep control of Congress.
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