Missouri Redistricting Opponents Appeal to Supreme Court Over New Map
Opponents say the map would shift Missouri voters between districts after the primary and could give Republicans one more U.S. House seat.
- On Wednesday, Missouri redistricting opponents appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to block the Trump-backed congressional map, seeking to reverse a federal appeals court ruling that allowed its use in November.
- Conflicting court rulings emerged after the Missouri Supreme Court ordered use of 2022 districts while federal District Judge Stephen Clark temporarily barred officials from using any map other than the 2025 plan.
- Caught between contradictory orders, election officials report mass confusion, and voter Toby Thacker expressed frustration over shifting from the 4th District to the 5th District just before the general election.
- The map targets Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver's seat to help Republicans increase their House majority, though legal expert Travis Crum warned no definitive Supreme Court precedent exists on changing districts after primaries.
- Mirroring rare historical precedents from Texas and Alabama, this legal tug-of-war leaves the fundamental question of post-primary district changes in unresolved limbo as the November election fast approaches.
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Supreme Court Asked to Block Missouri Map
“A group seeking to block Missouri from using a new congressional map that favors Republicans in November’s midterm elections has asked the Supreme Court to intervene,” the Washington Post reports. ”The appeal is the latest twist in an extraordinary legal fight that has plunged the state into electoral confusion just as it was supposed to finalize ballots and shortly before it begins distributing mail-in versions to voters.” Reuters: Fight over …
The Missouri Redistricting Mess is Already Back at SCOTUS #ELB
The Eighth Circuit has denied a stay on the grounds that (1) TROs are not appealable and (2) the stay factors are not satisfied. The order is here. The referendum proponents–the defendant-intervenors in the federal case–have already filed their stay … Continue reading The Missouri Redistricting Mess is Already Back at SCOTUS →
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Missouri's congressional map is back before the U.S. Supreme Court, sowing still more confusion
The battle over Missouri’s congressional districts has returned to the U.S. Supreme Court, just two months before a crucial November election. Many Missouri voters are unsure which U.S. House districts they will vote in and which candidates will appear on…
Missouri redistricting chaos returns to US Supreme Court
A fast-moving legal battle over Missouri’s effort to eke an additional Republican seat out of its congressional map for this year’s midterm election returned to the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, a day after Justice Brett Kavanaugh had effectively rejected the same proposed map.
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