Escalation: Missouri AG Challenges State Supreme Court Ruling
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause the Missouri Supreme Court’s order that blocks use of the Republican-drawn congressional map this November. She called the state court’s reasoning a "legal fiction" and told Justice Brett Kavanaugh, "A federal-election-administration disaster is unfolding in Missouri."
The state court put the Republican map to a statewide vote this fall and said the November elections must use the 2022 lines, which still favor Republicans in six of eight districts. The shelved plan was expected to produce a 7–1 split by eliminating the Kansas City district held by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.
Kavanaugh asked other parties to respond to the stay request, and Missouri’s deadline to change the Nov. 3 ballot is Sept. 8. A stay would reopen the door to using the Republican map this year. Without one, election officials must finalize ballots under the 2022 map.
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