Appeals court weighs Missouri congressional map despite Supreme Court block

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DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press. (2026, September 17). Appeals court weighs Missouri congressional map despite Supreme Court block. ABC News (US). https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/appeals-court-weighs-trump-backed-missouri-congressional-map-136534521

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A federal appeals court panel is reviewing Missouri’s attempt to implement new congressional district maps backed by former President Donald Trump, despite a previous Supreme Court decision blocking their use for the November election. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Thursday in the ongoing dispute over whether these Republican-drawn districts should be used, but state election officials argue that changing them now is impractical and costly. Local elections administrators assert they are already printing ballots based on existing district boundaries due to federal deadlines for mailing absentee ballots.

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On Thursday, a federal appeals court panel in Missouri considered an attempt to revive new congressional districts that favor Republicans and were backed by President Donald Trump, despite a previous U.S. Supreme Court decision blocking their use for the November election. The dispute involves whether Missouri should adopt the newly drawn Republican map from 2025 or revert to the old Democrat-leaning map from 2022. Earlier, the Missouri Supreme Court ordered that the new map face a referendum and directed the state to conduct the upcoming November elections using the older map. Despite attempts by Missouri officials to appeal this decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, which blocked enforcement of a lower court order favoring the new map, the legal battle remains unresolved. This ongoing saga could potentially send the case back to the U.S. Supreme Court for a third time, further complicating the electoral process in Missouri ahead of the November elections.

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🔮 But it wasn't immediately clear what the impact would be, even if the panel rules in favor of the new map.

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Appeals court weighs Missouri congressional map despite Supreme Court block asserted

court → weigh → block

A federal appeals court panel is considering an attempt to revive Missouri congressional districts backed by Donald Trump JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- asserted

panel → consider → Trump

A federal appeals court panel on Thursday was considering an attempt to resurrect new Missouri congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump, even though the U.S. Supreme Court blocked those districts from being used in the November election. asserted

Court → consider → election

A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the long-running dispute over whether the state should use the new Republican-drawn U.S. House districts, just as the state did in its August primary. asserted

state → hear → primary

But it wasn't immediately clear what the impact would be, even if the panel rules in favor of the new map. asserted

panel → rule → map

That's because the U.S. Supreme Court previously blocked the enforcement of a lower court order favoring the map pending a potential appeal and eventual decision by the high court. asserted

Court → block → court

Missouri currently is set to run its November election with the same congressional districts it used in 2024 and 2022, following prior decisions by both the Missouri Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court. asserted

it → set → Court

Local elections officials said in a court filing that they already are printing ballots with those districts and face a Friday deadline under federal law to mail absentee ballots to overseas citizens and military voters. asserted

they → say → citizens

State law requires absentee ballots to be available to all other voters by next Tuesday. asserted

law → require → Tuesday

To try to change districts at this late date would be “practically impossible” and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the filing by the Missouri Association of County Clerks and Election Authorities. uncertain

try → try → Clerks

Missouri’s redistricting battle has been the longest, most complex and confusing among roughly a dozen states that sought to change their U.S. House districts over the past year. asserted

that → seek → year

Trump spurred the unusual spate of mid-decade redistricting when he urged Republican-led states to redraw districts to gain an edge in the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress and affect his agenda. asserted

that → spur → agenda

Appeals court weighs Missouri congressional map despite Supreme Court block

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