Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute
The dispute pits state and federal orders against each other over a Trump-backed map that could shape Missouri’s November congressional election.
- On Thursday, a federal judge allowed the Missouri Supreme Court to proceed with a contempt hearing for Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins regarding his defiance of orders on districts supported by President Donald Trump.
- The Missouri Supreme Court ruled last week that the new districts never became law, ordering the state to use the 2022 map and requiring State Denny Hoskins to place a redistricting referendum on the November ballot.
- Targeting a Kansas City-based seat held by Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, the revised districts aim to help Republicans gain one House seat; District Judge Stephen Clark on Tuesday barred Hoskins from using any other map.
- The Supreme Court is simultaneously considering a request from redistricting opponents to block Clark's order, while state attorneys representing Hoskins sought to halt the contempt hearing before it convened.
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