Missouri AG's office trashes state Supreme Court ruling in federal filing
State lawyers say the 2025 map should remain in use, arguing a referendum cannot bar it before voters approve the measure.
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Chaos as red state Supreme Court filing hints local officials may defy courts on GOP map
Missouri's redistricting war has spiraled into chaos, and observers say the state's own emergency filing to the U.S. Supreme Court hints that county officials could defy the courts to keep the Republican map alive.In a reply brief to the justices, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway argued that the Missouri Supreme Court "derailed an imminent federal congressional election" when it threw out the GOP's "Missouri First" map for November. Buried in …
Missouri AG threatens 'absolute chaos' in defiance of state Supreme Court
In deep red Missouri, Republican State Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is lashing out the state's supreme court ruling over a recent ruling on the state's election map — a ruling she attacked as "legal fiction." Hanaway is now taking up the matter with the U.S. Supreme Court. And according to Mark Maxwell, political editor for KSDK News in St. Louis, this legal battle is a recipe for "absolute chaos."On Friday, September 4, according to Polit…
Missouri AG Asks Supreme Court to Block Use of New, Heavily Gerrymandered Districts in the November Election
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway on Friday night asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency stay of a Missouri high court ruling that found the state cannot use new, heavily gerrymandered districts in the November election. “A federal-election-administration disaster is unfolding in Missouri,” Hanaway wrote in a filing for Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who handles appeals for cases filed in …
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