Missouri election map hearing could tee up fresh Supreme Court scrutiny

Missouri's Republican-drawn congressional map, which would give the GOP seven of eight U.S. House seats, seems headed for a third trip to the Supreme Court after an Eighth Circuit hearing Thursday. The map, redrawn outside the normal decade cycle at Trump's urging, has been through a whiplash of rulings: a referendum petition suspension, a federal injunction reinstating it, a Supreme Court block, and a contempt order against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins for flip-flopping on which map to use.

The panel of three Trump-appointed judges focused heavily on whether the group leading the referendum effort, People Not Politicians, has standing to intervene, since it was not an original party to the case. Missouri's attorney argued the state supreme court's approach threatens future redistricting statewide, while opponents said voters will ultimately settle the matter at the ballot box.

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