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Missouri Asks US Supreme Court to Allow Use of New Trump-Backed Congressional Districts in Midterms
The justices left the Republican-backed map on hold as the state pursues an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- On Thursday, the Missouri Supreme Court blocked the new U.S. House map, ordering officials to use the 2022 and 2024 congressional districts for the November general election in a unanimous decision.
- A referendum petition submitted by People Not Politicians, which gathered over 300,000 signatures to freeze the map, prompted the ruling after Secretary of State Denny Hoskins refused to certify the petition.
- Republican-Backed redistricting targeted the 5th Congressional District held by Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, carving out more than 70,000 minority residents and engineering an 8.5% increase in white population.
- Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, warning the ruling creates "unprecedented chaos" by changing districts before the election and requesting an emergency stay.
- The Supreme Court ordered critics of the new map to respond by Monday; with the Tuesday deadline to finalize the November ballot approaching, the court's intervention will determine which districts Missouri uses.
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Missouri Asks Supreme Court to Allow New Map
“Missouri appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to allow the use of new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump in the fast-approaching midterm election,” Associated Press reports. “The appeal comes after Missouri’s highest court blocked the new map and ordered a statewide vote in November on whether to keep or reject it.”
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