WASHINGTONPOST (Justin Jouvenal) - Kavanaugh blocks Missouri congressional map favoring GOP
The ruling is a rare defeat for Republicans in a nationwide redistricting war ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Kavanaugh declines to lift block on new Missouri congressional map in time for November elections
The ruling comes after the state used the new map, which favors Republicans 7-1, in their primaries last month but must now use the old map that favored Republicans in a 6-2 split in the general election.
NYTIMES (Ann E. Marimow and Mitch Smith) - Justice Kavanaugh Blocks Missouri Voting Map Benefiting Republicans
Missouri’s Supreme Court blocked election officials from using a new congressional map, saying voters must first approve the district lines in a statewide referendum.
NYTIMES (Mitch Smith and Ann E. Marimow) - Missouri Asks Supreme Court to Allow Voting Map Benefiting Republicans
Missouri’s Supreme Court said a map redrawn to help Republicans could not be used in November and said voters should decide on the new boundaries.
JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - Missouri AG appeals to Supreme Court to reinstate Trump-backed congressional map
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the map cannot take effect
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Missouri Supreme Court blocks Trump-backed House map
The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked the state's new Trump-backed House map. Peter Alexander joins Alicia Menendez to share more on his conversation with Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), whose district would've been carved up if the map had been approved.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Missouri AG Hanaway initiates process for Supreme Court appeal of congressional map ruling
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway faces a difficult timeline. Ballots must be set by Tuesday under state law, and they will be mailed to voters shortly after.
HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Missouri Court Blocks Trump-Backed U.S. House Map And Orders It To Be Put To A Vote
President Donald Trump had hoped the map would be used in the November election.
President Donald Trump had hoped the map would be used in the November election.Open
WASHINGTONPOST (Patrick Marley) - Court throws out Missouri congressional map, helping Democrats keep seat
In addition, Maryland’s high court cleared the way for voters to decide in November whether to back a plan to eliminate a GOP-held seat in 2028.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Missouri state Supreme Court rules new GOP-drawn map cannot be used for November midterms
The new maps would have broken up Missouri Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s district in an effort to give the GOP an additional pickup opportunity in the House this November.