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Trial Held over Constitutionality of Redistricting Bill
Judge Limbaugh weighs constitutional silence on mid-decade redistricting amid claims it aims to add a Republican seat by targeting the 5th District, held by a Democrat.
- On Wednesday, Cole County Judge Christopher Limbaugh must decide whether the Missouri General Assembly legally redrew congressional districts this year amid constitutional silence causing confusion.
- Challengers argue the 1945 framers deliberately omitted mid‑decade authority, so lawmakers overstepped by redrawing districts, while Missouri Solicitor General Louis Capozzi told the court the constitution contains no express prohibition.
- Kansas City is split into three districts under the plan, which targets Emanuel Cleaver's 5th District and was signed by Gov. Mike Kehoe last month.
- Judge Limbaugh set a 10‑day deadline for proposed judgments and said no decision will come before filings, as one of six related cases includes a Missouri NAACP appeal and a postponed trial before Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green.
- A federal trial scheduled for Nov. 25 will test whether a state referendum on redistricting violates the Constitution, and observers say the map could affect the GOP’s 219‑213 U.S. House edge, tied to President Donald Trump’s September special session.
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Cole County Judge to hear the first of the redistricting lawsuits Wednesday
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge will hear the first arguments on a redistricting lawsuit on Wednesday. A group of voters is suing Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, arguing that redistricting can occur only after a census, as the state constitution and the state supreme court have ruled, according to pretrial briefs. Hoskins and the Missouri Republican State Committee, as an interested party, argue that the constitution do…
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