WASHINGTONPOST (Justin Jouvenal) - Supreme Court again blocks new Missouri congressional map favoring GOP
The ruling is the latest twist in an intense legal drama that has plunged the state into electoral confusion.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - US Supreme Court again rejects effort to use Missouri GOP redistricting map
The Supreme Court's decision Thursday appears to be the end of the push to use a 2025 redistricting map that favored Republicans in the midterm elections.
NYTIMES (Ann E. Marimow) - Supreme Court Again Blocks Republican-Backed Missouri Voting Map
The ruling deferred to Missouri’s state Supreme Court, which had invalidated G.O.P.-friendly district lines, saying voters must first have an opportunity to approve the map in a statewide referendum.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Missouri redistricting case returns to Supreme Court again two months before midterms
The case will go through Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the Trump appointee, who handles emergency cases related to Missouri.
WASHINGTONPOST (Justin Jouvenal, Gregory S. Schneider) - Missouri voters, officials anxiously await resolution of electoral chaos
Clashing rulings by Justice Kavanaugh and a federal judge have left the fate of the state’s new GOP-friendly map in limbo.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Missouri Supreme Court opens contempt inquiry into GOP election official over redistricting fight
"The Show Me State will not be run into the ground like the communists running NYC on my watch," Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said on social media following the court's order.
NYTIMES (Mitch Smith) - Missouri Supreme Court Sets Contempt Hearing in Fight Over House Map
Amid conflicting rulings, Missouri’s highest court ordered the secretary of state to respond to claims that he violated an order on redistricting.
THEFEDERALIST (Shawn Fleetwood) - Federal Judge Reinstates Missouri’s New Election Map After Kavanaugh Declines To Get Involved
A federal district judge reinstated Missouri’s GOP-friendly congressional map for the 2026 midterms on Tuesday. The ruling came moments after Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh rejected an emergency request to do so in a separate case on the issue. “Missouri is prepared to follow and comply with Chief Judge Clark’s order that binds the state […]
HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Supreme Court Rebuffs Missouri's Push To Use New U.S. House Map In November
At Trump’s urging, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe called on the Legislature to redraw congressional boundaries to their advantage ahead of the midterms.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Zach Schonfeld, Caroline Vakil, and The Hill) - Supreme Court declines to lift block on Missouri GOP-friendly congressional map
The refusal marks the latest chapter of mid-decade redistricting war to reach the Supreme Court.