Missouri redistricting referendum fight puts Supreme Court precedent to the test

By: Rudi Keller

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: September 1, 2026

Words: 1,814

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

When the Missouri Supreme Court considers Wednesday whether voters can force a referendum on congressional redistricting, the judges will confront a constitutional question the court has never squarely answered.

But decades of Missouri Supreme Court decisions offer clues about how the judges may approach it.

A recent analysis of 37 state Supreme Court cases since the start of 2000 found the court looked to precedent as …

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