Eighth Circuit Orders Missouri to Use 2025 House Map, Pausing Ruling Until Sept. 28
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 24
Eighth Circuit Orders Missouri to Use 2025 House Map, Pausing Ruling Until Sept. 28
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 24
Summary
A federal appeals court said Missouri must use its 2025 congressional map for November, after more than 1.2 million voters already cast August primary ballots under those lines.
The Eighth Circuit held that reverting to the 2022 districts after the primary would violate the Constitution, and directed the lower court to enter a permanent injunction while pausing its order until Sept. 28.
That pause gives opponents a narrow path back to the Supreme Court, which has already intervened twice as the fight over a GOP-friendlier 7-1 map heads toward a third review.
The legal split turns on whether changing maps mid-election disenfranchises voters or instead preserves unlawful districts; the referendum on the 2025 map will still appear on the November ballot for future elections.