Archive · 10 Sep 2026
Supreme Court Again Rejects Trump-Backed Missouri Redistricting Maps
The Supreme Court rejected maps supported by Donald Trump for Missouri again.
This was described as a setback for Republicans.
Missouri’s highest court is also examining whether Secretary of State Denny Hoskins disobeyed its orders.
The state court wanted election officials to use districts created after the most recent census.
Hoskins instead told local officials to use the Trump-backed map.
He said a federal judge had ordered officials to use that map on Tuesday.
This created a conflict between orders from a state court and a federal court.
The legal fight was still continuing after the Supreme Court’s decision.
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Trump-backed Missouri maps again, dealing a setback to Republicans.
Missouri’s top court held a Thursday hearing on whether to hold Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt.
The state court had ordered election officials to use districts approved after the last census.
Hoskins directed local election authorities to use the new Trump-backed map instead.
Hoskins cited a competing federal judge’s Tuesday order requiring the Trump-backed map’s use.
- Who
- The Supreme Court, Missouri’s top court, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, a federal judge, and Republican officials.
- What
- The Supreme Court rejected Trump-backed Missouri maps, while courts continued disputing which districts election officials must use.
- When
- The state court hearing took place Thursday; the competing federal order was issued Tuesday.
- Where
- Missouri and the United States Supreme Court.
- Why
- Hoskins followed a federal judge’s order requiring the Trump-backed map, despite a Missouri court order directing officials to use districts passed after the last census.
Missouri State Court Order
Federal Court Order
Which map should be used?
Missouri State Court Order
Election officials should use districts passed after the last census, as ordered by Missouri’s top court.
Federal Court Order
Election officials should use the new Trump-backed map, as required by a federal judge’s Tuesday order.
Hoskins’s compliance
Missouri State Court Order
The state court is considering whether Hoskins should be held in contempt for not following its orders.
Federal Court Order
Hoskins pointed to the competing federal order as the reason he directed local officials to use the Trump-backed map.
- Issue
- A legal dispute over which Missouri legislative districts election officials should use.
- Supreme Court action
- Rejected Trump-backed Missouri maps again.
- State court hearing
- Missouri’s top court heard arguments Thursday about possible contempt proceedings.
- Secretary of State
- Denny Hoskins directed local election authorities to use the Trump-backed map.
- State court position
- Use districts passed after the last census.
- Federal court position
- A Tuesday order required use of the new Trump-backed map.