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US Supreme Court won't reinstate Republican-drawn congressional map in Missouri
By Andrew Chung Sept 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to reinstate a Republican-drawn congressional map in Missouri ahead of November's midterm elections, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump and the party's odds of maintaining its slim majority in the House of Representatives.

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Federal judge temporarily blocks Missouri from using old House map after Supreme Court declined case
Dueling Court Rulings Leave Missouri’s Congressional Races in Chaos
Supreme Court rebuffs Missouri's request for new House map favoring Republicans
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rebuffed an appeal from Missouri officials who wanted to use new congressional districts backed by President Trump in the November election, a defeat for Republicans who h...

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Supreme Court rejects Missouri’s request to use congressional map with extra GOP seat
Judge revives GOP Missouri congressional map after Kavanaugh denies Republican appeal
Supreme Court rebuffs Missouri’s push to use new U.S. House map backed by Trump in November
The justices let stand a decision by Missouri’s top court, which said the new districts were automatically suspended by a citizen petition demanding a statewide vote.

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Competing court orders add confusion to Missouri congressional elections
U.S. Supreme Court declines to block Mo. high court's ruling against GOP redistricting

Missouri’s redistricting in flux after dissonant court rulings

Justice Brett Kavanaugh turned down a Republican-backed emergency appeal that sought to block a Missouri Supreme Court ruling last week restoring earlier district lines and ordering voters to weigh in on the redistricting plan in November for use in future elections.

Missouri may have no path to appeal high court ruling on citizen petition measure

The court's ruling overturns unilateral action from Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins declaring unconstitutional a ballot measure with enough signatures to go before voters.

‘We will be ready.’ Jackson County says it will comply with Supreme Court map ruling

We are equipped to make the necessary changes,” the directors, one Democrat and one Republican, said in a joint statement to The Star.