Missouri Supreme Court, District Judge and Hoskins

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Missouri Supreme Court to decide whether Hoskins should be held in contempt
The Missouri Supreme Court is poised to decide whether the state’s top election official should be held in contempt over his actions related to the state’s congressional map.

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Federal judge denies ‘extraordinary measure’ of enjoining Missouri Supreme Court ahead of Hoskins’ contempt hearing
Federal judge won’t stop Missouri Supreme Court proceedings against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins
US Supreme Court again rejects push to use Trump-backed congressional map in Missouri
A federal judge has allowed Missouri's top court to proceed with a contempt hearing Thursday against Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in a tense and twisting legal battle over whether new c...

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Missouri Supreme Court Sets Contempt Hearing in Fight Over House Map
Supreme Court rebuffs Missouri's request for new House map favoring Republicans
Federal judge orders Missouri to proceed with GOP-friendly map after Supreme Court balked
"Today the law won," said Richard von Glahn, executive director of People Not Politicians Missouri, the group that challenged Missouri's map.

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Live updates: Supreme Court denies GOP on Missouri map suit; Canadian tariffs, Trump threats grow trade war
Missouri’s redistricting in flux after dissonant court rulings

Missouri’s Republican-Imposed Catch-22, and the Ballad of Denny Hoskins

Readers of The Brief are likely aware of what’s going on with Missouri’s election maps, and of a character at the center of that drama, secretary of state Denny Hoskins.

Federal judge allows Missouri’s top court to hold contempt hearing in redistricting dispute

A federal judge has allowed Missouri’s top court to proceed with a contempt hearing Thursday for Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in a tense and twisting legal battle over whether new congressional districts supported by President Donald Trump can be used in the November election.