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Decision marks setback for president and Republicans, who set in motion national redistricting battle last year The 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…
The ruling is a rare defeat for Republicans in a nationwide redistricting war ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections.
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.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied the emergency appeal by Republicans seeking to preserve a GOP-friendly redrawn congressional district map for the November election.
It's a defeat for Republicans who had hoped the new map could help them hold on to their slim House majority.
The high court left in place the state supreme court’s injunction that could save a Democratic seat this cycle.
SCOTUS rejects Missouri Republicans' emergency bid over congressional maps, with Justice Kavanaugh ruling without comment and leaving the GOP-backed map blocked for the midterms.
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday refused to lift a block on Missouri’s new congressional map, which was poised to give Republicans a pickup opportunity in November. Missouri officials held their primaries using Republicans’ new 7-1 House map, but the decision…
Republicans rushed to the high court after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled the state could not use the redrawn map, which was designed to eliminate one Democratic-held seat, this year.
