NewzA federal judge temporarily ordered Missouri to use its 2025 congressional map for the November election, blocking a return to the state's 2022 districts. Missouri's new districts were used in the August primaries, but the Missouri Supreme Court ruled in September that the state must revert to districts adopted after the last census. Decision marks setback for president and Republicans, who set in motion national redistricting battle last yearThe US supreme court turned back an emergency appeal by Missouri officials to use a newly drawn congressional map backed by Donald Trump in the November midterm election, letting stand a ruling by the state’s highest state court that blocked the new lines from taking effect.Last week the Missouri supreme court ruled that the map must go before voters to approve or reject the new districts, meaning it cannot be used in the November election.
The president and Republicans fumed over the decision, with the president calling it “horrible, ridiculous, and unConstitutional”. The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Missouri's request to use a congressional map for the November midterm election, a map that would have given Republicans a chance to flip a seat. (AP) — A federal judge in Missouri on Tuesday temporarily blocked the state from using its old congressional districts in the November election, after the U.S.
Supreme Court declined to get involved in the twisting and confusing… Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has rejected a request to block a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that requires the state returning to the 2022 congressional map for the November election.
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