Missouri AG asks the Supreme Court to block map ruling that would likely stop Republicans from gaining a seat

Photo: President Donald J. Trump and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh pose for photos Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, during the investiture of Justice Kavanaugh at the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C. Photo credit: “President Donald J. Trump and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh” by Trump White House Archived (Shealah Craighead) via Flickr. Public Domain. Article by  Gregory Svirnovskiy. Politico – September 5, 2026.

The move involves the unusual step of asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider a matter already decided by the state’s highest court.

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway on Friday night asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency stay of a Missouri high court ruling that found the state cannot use new, heavily gerrymandered districts in the November election. “A federal-election-administration disaster is unfolding in Missouri,” Hanaway wrote in a filing for Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who handles appeals for cases filed in the Show-Me State. […]

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