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Wednesday fun fact: If Gina Hinojosa wins the Texas governor race, the Texas redistricting case will become known as LULAC v. Hinojosa come January.
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The Supreme Court has once again stepped in (for a third time) and restored Missouri’s 2022 congressional map in lieu of the gerrymandered 2025 map. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx…
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Here’s the Supreme Court’s per curiam opinion. No noted dissents. supremecourt.gov/opinions/25…
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The 8th Circuit has ordered Missouri to use its gerrymandered 2025 map for this year’s congressional elections. politico.com/news/2026/09/21…

Appeals court revives GOP gerrymander in Missouri that Supreme Court killed off twice

politico.com
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court pauses a federal district court order that directed Missouri to use a gerrymandered 7R-1D map for this year’s midterms. The midterms instead will be conducted under the old 6R-2D map. No noted dissents.
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Michael Li 李之樸 retweeted
Josh Gerstein
@joshgersteinSep 10
MISSOURI REDISTRICTING UPDATE: State of Missouri and Trump administration both urge #SCOTUS not to disturb Clark order effectively restoring the new ('26 primary) lines for midterms. MO Supreme Court hearing at 11A ET. Docs: supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/2… supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/2…
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Michael Li 李之樸 retweeted
Josh Gerstein
@joshgersteinSep 9
JUST IN: MO redistricting fight back at #SCOTUS as opponents of new lines ask Justice Kavanaugh to lift federal judge's order that restored them for looming general election. Kav asks state to respond by 10AM tomw. Doc: documentcloud.org/documents/… Earlier: politico.com/news/2026/09/08…
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Today in Missouri redistricting news
Chris “Law Dork” Geidner
@chrisgeidnerSep 9
BREAKING: The Eighth Circuit DENIES the intervenors' request to block Judge Clark's TRO. The panel includes two Trump appointees — Stras and Justin Smith — and a GHWB appointee — Loken. storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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But wait, more from Missouri: A federal district court has blocked Missouri from going back to its old 2022 map as ordered by the state supreme court. storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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The court rejects Missouri’s Elections Clause but finds that switching maps at this juncture after the primary would violate the Equal Protection Clause.
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In redistricting news . . .
Lawrence Hurley@lawrencehurleySep 8
Supreme Court, via Justice Kavanaugh, rejects Republican attempt to use a newly-drawn congressional map that the Missouri Supreme Court said last week could not be used. This means the 2022 (6-R, 2-D) map will be used: nbcnews.com/politics/supreme…

Conflicting court rulings leave Missouri’s congressional map in limbo

The Supreme Court rejected Missouri Republicans’ attempt to put a redrawn map in place for the midterms, while a federal judge in a different case ruled that it must be used.

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(The fate of the 7R-1D map will be up to Missouri voters this November when they vote on a citizen-led referendum to repeal the new legislatively enacted map.)
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Also this today on the redistricting front:
Pamela Wood@pwoodreporterSep 3
MARYLAND REDISTRICTING: Supreme Court of Maryland rules that voters will get to decide on changing the rules for congressional redistricting. The court orders a tweak to the ballot language. This is a win for pro-redistricting Dems. thebanner.com/politics-power…

Maryland Supreme Court allows redistricting question on ballot

The Supreme Court of Maryland issued its ruling hours after hearing oral arguments on the proposed constitutional amendment.

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A redistricting twist as the Missouri Supreme Court orders that state to use the old 6R-2D map for this year’s midterms rather than the redraw 7R-1D map adopted by the legislature last year.
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The new map would have gerrymandered Black Democrat Emanuel Cleaver out of his Kansas City area district.
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Missouri’s AG has already said the state will appeal to SCOTUS.
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The Massachusetts State House on Boston Common (built 1795-98).
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Fun demographic fact du jour: Since 2020, Asians have been the fastest growing ethnic group in Wake County, NC (Raleigh). Since 2020, the Asian population of Wake County has increased by 41k or 43%.
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