Supreme Court Just Made Huge Decision for Midterms…
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What is the Supreme Court’s latest ruling on the Missouri congressional map?
The Supreme Court has done it again. The third time, the Supreme Court is rejecting the MAGA-Republican, unlawful gerrymandering in the state of Missouri. And of course, this follows the state of Missouri's Supreme Court, finding that the MAGA Republican leadership of the state did an unlawful gerrymander. The Missouri State State Supreme Court said that there needs to be a referendum if you're going to do a gerrymander of the Missouri map and said, go ahead and do it in the November election, but you can't do it without a referendum. You will recall that the MAGA Republican leadership in Missouri rushed to the Supreme Court to try to block the state Supreme Court ruling. That was rejected by the Supreme.
Court. They then filed a lawsuit before the district court. And when the district court ruled in favor of the MAGA Republican leadership in Missouri, that was appealed on an emergency basis to the United States Supreme Court. And the Supreme Court blocked what the district court did. Then, out of nowhere recently, basically it seemed, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeal then took up what that MAGA district court did. Judge ruled, which was previously rejected by the Supreme Court. And the Eighth Circuit, despite having heard the Supreme Court or seen the Supreme Court, made a ruling twice, upholding what the Missouri State Supreme Court did. The Eighth Circuit was like, yeah, we're going to allow the new unlawful gerrymandered map that the Missouri State Supreme Court rejected.
So one Once again, this had to go to the United States Supreme Court to look at this gerrymandered map. And the Supreme Court, and it was a pretty scathing procurium order with no dissents at all. The Supreme Court's like, we've done this twice already. This is the third time. We really don't know why the Eighth Circuit didn't look at what we've done twice and just what freelanced and just basically. Basically, it went on its own and said that they were going to reject what the Missouri State Supreme Court uh decided after we decided what the state Supreme Court decided was right twice.
Why did the Supreme Court reject the Eighth Circuit’s attempt to reinstate the 2025 map?
And so we're gonna do this the third time, Mate Circuit Court of Appeal. We're gonna go back to the 2022 maps, which were six Republican congressional seats, two Democratic seats in Missouri. It's not gonna be the seven to one map. Map that the MAGA Republican leadership in Missouri is pushing forward. If you want that map, then go put it to the voters in the referendum. Enough is enough. As I said, there's no notable dissents. And the language used by the Supreme Court is pretty dang strong right here. Let me just read from you from page two what the United States Supreme Court ruled. They said, in two orders, and The last few weeks, this court, meaning the Supreme Court, has denied such relief. The relief being to go to the unlawful gerrymandered map that the Missouri State Supreme Court rejected.
In the first, the Missouri Secretary of State asked this court, the Supreme Court, to stay the September 3rd decision of the Missouri Supreme Court that had prohibited use of the 2025 map in the general election. On September 8th, Justice Kavanaugh, in his capacity as circuit justice for the Eighth Circuit, denied that request, thereby leaving the 2022 map in effect for the 2026 general election. But that same evening, a federal district court in Missouri issued a temporary restraining order, in practical effect, an injunction, in effect requiring Missouri to Use the 2025 map instead of the 2022 map, essentially ordering relief that the circuit justice had just denied, that Justice Kavanaugh denied.
And what they're saying here, what the Supreme Court's saying in this decision I'm reading for you now is they don't use these words, but they're like, the hell does this district court judge think he is? Yes, we know he was a Trump-appointed district court judge, but did you not see the order? Order that Justice Kavanaugh just made from the United States Supreme Court rejecting the 2025 map and saying the 2022 map holds.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the Supreme Court’s latest ruling on the Missouri congressional map?
0:00–2:15
2
Why did the Supreme Court reject the Eighth Circuit’s attempt to reinstate the 2025 map?
2:15–4:35
3
How did the Court’s stay orders affect the use of the 2022 versus 2025 maps?
4:35–6:48
4
What legal arguments did Harry Littman and Ben Meiselas use to explain the decision?
6:48–8:59
5
Why is the 6‑2 (2022) map being enforced for the 2026 election?
8:59–11:01
6
What are the implications of this ruling for the upcoming midterm elections?
11:01–13:12
7
How do the hosts criticize the Eighth Circuit’s handling of the case?
13:12–15:17
8
What final takeaways and calls to action do the hosts give listeners?
15:17–17:29