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Mother Jones, Courthouse News, Bloomberg + 9 more · United States
16 outletsFraming varies: Most sources frame the decision similarly, noting the repeated rejection of the map and the involvement of Trump. However, right-leaning sources like the Washington Times and New York Post emphasize the 'Trump-backed' aspect and the 'chaos' concerns, while left-leaning sources like Mother Jones and NPR focus on the gerrymandering and fairness. The split is along partisan lines, with right-leaning outlets highlighting the political implications and left-leaning outlets highlighting the anti-gerrymandering aspect.
The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down a Republican-drawn congressional map (likely a 7-1 GOP advantage) as unconstitutional under state law, and the U.S. Supreme Court has now declined to intervene, so Missouri will use its previous district lines for the November 2026 midterm elections. This resolves a months-long battle over the state's congressional map.
The claim is grounded in official court decisions (primary sources). The Mother Jones report sits directly on the final SCOTUS opinion, and live search results confirm that SCOTUS has repeatedly blocked attempts to use the new map, with the final opinion making clear the old lines will be used.
This is the final decision in a current dispute (September 2026), so it is genuinely new news.
We covered earlier rounds of this fight in 2026-09-23 and 2026-09-10: an appeals court briefly revived the GOP map after the Supreme Court had blocked it twice, and conflicting rulings had thrown the state's map into uncertainty.