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Supreme court, which has twice blocked maps from being used in November, likely to have final say in legal fightA long-running legal fight over Missouri’s congressional map took another turn Monday when a federal appeals panel ruled in favor of new districts backed by Donald Trump, even though the US supreme court has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/missouri-redistricting-map-supreme-court-rejection" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">blocked</a> those districts from being used in the November election.A three-judge panel of the 8th US circuit court of appeals said Missouri should use the new Republican-drawn US House districts in the November election, just as the state did in its August primary. To revert to its prior districts for the general election would violate the US constitution, the appeals judges said. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/21/missouri-congressional-map-trump-appeals-court" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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