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Appeals Court Backs GOP Map, but Supreme Court Will Decide.
A three-judge Eighth Circuit panel ruled Monday that using Missouri's 2022 congressional map in the November election violates the Constitution. The court affirmed a lower court order and directed a permanent injunction requiring the 2025 map.
- The 2025 map gives Republicans a 7–1 House seat advantage over Democrats.
- The 2022 map, currently in effect, gives Republicans a 6–2 edge.
- The injunction is paused until next Monday pending Supreme Court review.
- Missouri began sending mail-in ballots to absentee voters Friday under the 2022 map.
Why it matters: The outcome determines whether Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City seat survives November. This is the third time the Supreme Court will handle Missouri's redistricting fight.
- A Sept. 10 Supreme Court stay, granted without noted dissent, already blocks the lower court order requiring the 2025 lines.
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Where they split: Coverage agrees on the ruling's text but diverges on whether the 2025 map will actually take effect, given the Supreme Court stay still blocking it.
Center coverage, 16 sources: The center frames this as a fast-moving legal back-and-forth with an uncertain outcome, emphasizing the procedural complexity and the role of People Not Politicians Missouri in contesting the map.
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Raw Story1w+GOP judges ripped at Supreme Court for pro-Trump midterm hijinks: 'Electoral disorder'CNN1w+Missouri’s embattled, Trump-backed congressional map returns to Supreme Court for a third timeOhio Capital Journal1w+Appeals court backs Missouri’s gerrymandered map, but decision is put on holdPolitical Wire1w+Missouri Map Returns to Supreme Court for Third TimePolitico1w+Missouri’s House map heads to Supreme Court for third timeThe New York Times1w+Dispute Over Missouri’s Congressional Map Again Returns to Supreme CourtABC News1w+Trump-backed Missouri congressional map returns to the Supreme Court againAlterNet1w+Missouri election in turmoil as GOP 'defies' Supreme Court rulingMSNBC1w+How the GOP could strike out at the Supreme Court over its Missouri congressional mapNBC News1w+Appeals court seeks to revive GOP congressional map in MissouriSlate1w+Republican Judges Defy Supreme Court to Try to Boost GOP in MidtermsTalking Points Memo1w+Three Conservative Judges Lob SCOTUS Another, Long-Shot Chance to Jam Through Missouri GerrymanderThe Boston Globe1w+Trump-backed Missouri congressional map returns to the Supreme Court for the third timeThe Washington Post1w+Missouri congressional map fight returns to Supreme Court for third time
Right coverage, 20 sources: The right frames this as a clear constitutional victory requiring Missouri to restore its Republican-favored map, with emphasis on the court's direct language ordering reinstatement.
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What’s next: The case is expected to go directly back to the U.S. Supreme Court for a third review.
- Judges and attorneys have already struggled to interpret the Supreme Court's brief, reasoning-free Sept. 10 order.
- Will the Supreme Court lift its stay, allow the Eighth Circuit ruling to stand, or issue a new order before Election Day?
- How will ballots already sent under the 2022 map be handled if the 2025 map is ultimately required?
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