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The Supreme Court has once again stepped in (for a third time) and restored Missouri’s 2022 congressional map in lieu of the gerrymandered 2025 map.
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Here’s the Supreme Court’s per curiam opinion. No noted dissents.
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The 8th Circuit has ordered Missouri to use its gerrymandered 2025 map for this year’s congressional elections.
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Michael Li 李之樸 retweeted
BREAKING: SCOTUS leaves in place lower-court injunction against new Postal Service mail-in ballot rule, saying the government is unlikely to succeed in challenging it. Alito/Thomas dissent. documentcloud.org/documents/…
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court pauses a federal district court order that directed Missouri to use a gerrymandered 7R-1D map for this year’s midterms. The midterms instead will be conducted under the old 6R-2D map. No noted dissents.
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Michael Li 李之樸 retweeted
MISSOURI REDISTRICTING UPDATE: State of Missouri and Trump administration both urge #SCOTUS not to disturb Clark order effectively restoring the new ('26 primary) lines for midterms. MO Supreme Court hearing at 11A ET. Docs: supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/2… supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/2…
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Michael Li 李之樸 retweeted
JUST IN: MO redistricting fight back at #SCOTUS as opponents of new lines ask Justice Kavanaugh to lift federal judge's order that restored them for looming general election. Kav asks state to respond by 10AM tomw. Doc: documentcloud.org/documents/… Earlier: politico.com/news/2026/09/08…
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Today in Missouri redistricting news
BREAKING: The Eighth Circuit DENIES the intervenors' request to block Judge Clark's TRO.
The panel includes two Trump appointees — Stras and Justin Smith — and a GHWB appointee — Loken.
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But wait, more from Missouri:
A federal district court has blocked Missouri from going back to its old 2022 map as ordered by the state supreme court.
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In redistricting news . . .
Supreme Court, via Justice Kavanaugh, rejects Republican attempt to use a newly-drawn congressional map that the Missouri Supreme Court said last week could not be used. This means the 2022 (6-R, 2-D) map will be used:
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Also this today on the redistricting front:
MARYLAND REDISTRICTING:
Supreme Court of Maryland rules that voters will get to decide on changing the rules for congressional redistricting. The court orders a tweak to the ballot language.
This is a win for pro-redistricting Dems.
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A redistricting twist as the Missouri Supreme Court orders that state to use the old 6R-2D map for this year’s midterms rather than the redraw 7R-1D map adopted by the legislature last year.
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The new map would have gerrymandered Black Democrat Emanuel Cleaver out of his Kansas City area district.
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