Supreme Court rebuffs Missouri's request for new House map favoring Republicans

After a flurry of court maneuvers, the Republican redistricting of U.S. House seats in Missouri is blocked. It's a win for Democrats fighting to win control of the House — but maybe not over yet.

The appeal came as the Missouri Supreme Court weighed whether to hold the state’s top election official in contempt.

Clashing rulings by Justice Kavanaugh and a federal judge have left the fate of the state’s new GOP-friendly map in limbo.

Federal judge says old maps cannot be used in November election, hours after supreme court blocked redrawn maps A federal judge in Missouri on Tuesday temporarily prevented the state from using its old congressional maps in the November midterm elections, hours after the supreme…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an emergency application to block a Missouri Supreme Court ruling barring the state from using its new congressional map, which favors Republicans. CBS News White House reporter Aaron Navarro has more.

SCOTUS rejects Missouri Republicans' emergency bid over congressional maps, with Justice Kavanaugh ruling without comment and leaving the GOP-backed map blocked for the midterms.

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday refused to lift a block on Missouri’s new congressional map, which was poised to give Republicans a pickup opportunity in November. Missouri Republicans hoped to return to the new 7-1 House map favoring them after the Show Me…

A federal judge revived a legal fight over the use of a congressional map in Missouri that would favor GOP candidates in the November election, shortly after the US Supreme Court rebuffed efforts by state Republicans to halt plans for an alternative map pushed by Democrats.

Republicans rushed to the high court after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled the state could not use the redrawn map, which was designed to eliminate one Democratic-held seat, this year.