SCOTUS Again Blocks Missouri's Gerrymandered Congressional Map
Brattin joined a lawsuit seeking to have Missouri use the 2025 map in the general election.
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Crooks and Liars is identified as a blog, which generally warrants a lower institutional score than an established newsroom. This page credits the Missouri Independent and states it was posted with permission, so the underlying reporting is attributed rather than presented as the blog’s own work.
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The report provides detailed court-proceeding chronology, quotes from court rulings and briefs, and perspectives from the opposing sides, along with practical effects on election administration. Its procedural detail is substantial, though much of the dispute is presented through litigants’ filings and attributed claims.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article reports the court’s decision and gives substantial space to arguments from both sides of the map dispute, alongside election officials’ practical concerns. Its language about the 2025 map is critical, but the competing legal positions are clearly attributed.
- Counterarguments presented — It includes arguments from Onder and Brattin, Hoskins, groups supporting the state court ruling, and the court itself.
- Source diversity — The report draws on court rulings, legal briefs, and statements from state and county election officials.
- Loaded language — Some descriptions of the 2025 map are critical, but claims and legal arguments are generally attributed.
- Omitted context — The article gives a detailed chronology and explains the competing legal positions and election-administration effects.
The report uses critical language about the 2025 map and emphasizes the Republican effort to gain a seat, giving its framing a slight leftward tilt. It also presents arguments from proponents of the 2025 map and other sides of the dispute.
- Language tone — The report uses terms such as “gerrymandered” and “undead congressional map,” which frame the 2025 map critically.
- Framing — It highlights the Republican effort to improve the party’s chances of winning a seventh seat.
- Source selection — The report includes arguments from proponents of the 2025 map as well as opponents and election officials.
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The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Missouri must use its 2022 congressional map in the 2026 election, blocking use of the 2025 map. The decision ends weeks of conflicting court orders and affects voters and candidates across several districts.
The Supreme Court said Missouri’s 2022 congressional map must be used in the 2026 election. The ruling ended weeks of conflicting orders over which map would apply and allowed election officials to continue preparations under the map used in the previous two election cycles. The 2025 map, drawn by the legislature, had targeted Representative Emanuel Cleaver’s district and was intended to improve Republicans’ chances of winning another House seat.
Representative Robert F. Onder, Jr., and state Senator Rick Brattin sued Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, arguing that changing district boundaries between the primary and general elections violated constitutional protections. Hoskins argued that the referendum on the 2025 map was unconstitutional and that the map should be used in the general election. The article also describes concerns from election officials and arguments filed by groups supporting the state court’s ruling.
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SWIPE →Missouri state senator and House candidate who sued over the congressional map
Missouri representative and plaintiff seeking use of the 2025 congressional map
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Representative who joined Cleaver in a fundraising appeal
Representative whose district was targeted by the 2025 map
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3 OUTLETSOutlets agree that the Supreme Court ordered Missouri to use its 2022 congressional map for the 2026 general election, blocking the 2025 map. Rick Brattin joined plaintiffs seeking to use the 2025 map. Left-leaning outlets frame the 2025 map as gerrymandered and stress the Republican effort to improve its chances of gaining a seventh seat. Center outlets give more attention to competing legal positions and election-process effects, while also describing the map as gerrymandered and reporting Brattin’s view that the ruling disrupted his campaign.
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