Looming Ballot Deadline Complicates GOP Appeal of Missouri Redistricting Decision

Looming ballot deadline complicates GOP appeal of Missouri redistricting decision

The U.S. Supreme Court appeal filed late Friday by Missouri Republicans could be the surprise plot twist that results in a GOP triumph or an epilogue to a saga of a goal that stayed tantalizingly out of reach. In the…

Red State AG Appeals To SCOTUS To Reinstate Trump-Backed Congressional Map

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a September 3 ruling from the Missouri Supreme Court concerning the state’s congressional districts. The emergency application, filed September 4 on behalf of Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, seeks to allow use of the map enacted in 2025 for the November 3 […]

Missouri Supreme Court Blocks GOP Congressional Map 2024

Missouri's highest court ruled that Republican-drawn congressional maps cannot be used in this fall's midterm elections and ordered a statewide referendum on the maps' future, a decision that strips the GOP of a anticipated House pickup opportunity just weeks before the campaign's final stretch. The Missouri Supreme Court handed down the ruling Thursday, directing the state to revert to its previous district lines for the November elections. The…

Missouri seeks SCOTUS stay in redistricting case

I don’t disagree with anything that Travis wrote yesterday about this litigation (and Rick may be correct that Missouri will ultimately fail here), but I suspect that a majority of Justices will be quite interested in this emergency application … Continue reading The post Missouri seeks SCOTUS stay in redistricting case appeared first on Election Law Blog.