Supreme Court blocks GOP map

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked a congressional map in Missouri aimed at gaining Republicans another House seat. This is the third time the court has blocked the redistricting plan.

The map targeted Democrat Cleaver

The GOP map could have helped oust Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver by increasing the number of Republican voters in his district. Missouri lawmakers passed the map last year at President Trump's behest.

Court warns of electoral chaos

The Supreme Court warned that changing maps now would cause electoral chaos. The decision requires Missouri to use the same districts provided to voters in two thousand twenty-two and two thousand twenty-four.

“electoral chaos”

Voters rejected the map

Opponents of the new Missouri map successfully gathered citizen signatures to put it to a vote on the November ballot. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled the GOP-backed map never went into effect and was never law.

State court blamed GOP official

The Missouri Supreme Court blamed Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins for proceeding with the GOP map in the August fourth primaries even though it had not been approved by voters.

Federal courts sided with GOP

Republicans sued in federal court and won backing from a federal judge and then a federal appeals court. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Republican lawmakers Friday, overturning those decisions.