Missouri AG trashes state Supreme Court ruling in federal filing

By: Rudi Keller

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: September 7, 2026

Words: 1,308

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s chief litigator on Sunday accused the state Supreme Court of adopting “a legal fiction” when it ruled that putting the state’s new congressional map to a referendum means Missouri must use its previous district lines in November.

In a federal court filing, Solicitor General Lou Capozzi asked U.S. Chief Judge Stephen Clark of the Eastern District of Missouri, an appointee of President Donald Trump, to block the state Supreme …

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