# Supreme Court blocks Trump's Missouri map

> The U.S. Supreme Court blocked a Republican-drawn congressional map in Missouri, ruling the state must use districts from 2022 and 2024 to avoid electoral chaos.
- Title: Supreme Court blocks Trump's Missouri map · NPR | Shortify
- Summary: The U.S. Supreme Court blocked a Republican-drawn congressional map in Missouri, ruling the state must use districts from 2022 and 2024 to avoid electoral…
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- Source: NPR — https://npr.org/2026/09/25/nx-s1-5978875/midterms-redistricting-trump-missouri
- Published: 2026-09-25T00:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: supreme court, missouri, congressional redistricting, 2026 midterms, trump, republicans, democrats, emanuel cleaver, denny hoskins, news
## 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.
## Key takeaway

The Supreme Court blocked Missouri's GOP-backed congressional map three times, requiring the state to use 2022 and 2024 districts as voting begins in the midterm elections.