Missouri fight over gerrymandered congressional map heading back to US Supreme Court

By: Rudi Keller

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: September 9, 2026

Words: 1,228

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago


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The question of which congressional district map Missouri will use in November returned to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday after a federal appeals court refused to block an order requiring use of the Republican-drawn 2025 map.

People Not Politicians, the political action committee that forced a referendum on the map, filed an emergency application with Kavanaugh shortly after the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to stay a …

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