# Missouri Supreme Court Type: Company Source: GetYourBrief — https://getyourbrief.com/entity/missouri-supreme-court Canonical HTML page: https://getyourbrief.com/entity/missouri-supreme-court ## Timeline - **2026-11**: Midterm election and referendum vote — Voters choose congressional districts and decide whether to keep or reject the new map. - **2026-11**: November general election — Missouri is poised to run its general election on the 2022 districts — different from the lines used in the August primary. - **2026-09-19**: Absentee ballot mailing deadline — Federal statutory deadline to mail absentee ballots to overseas citizens and military voters. - **2026-09-14**: State's requested resolution deadline — Missouri asks the Court to resolve the case by this date, citing federal law on mailing overseas and military ballots. - **2026-09-10**: SCOTUS rejects map; contempt hearing held — The Missouri Supreme Court convenes a contempt hearing over Hoskins' noncompliance; the U.S. Supreme Court again rejects the Trump-backed map without recorded dissent. - **2026-09-09**: Federal appeals court sides with Republicans — A federal appeals court panel declines to halt a federal judge's order favoring the Trump-backed map; the decision is immediately appealed to the Supreme Court. - **2026-09-08**: Ballot change deadline — Missouri law sets a Tuesday deadline to make changes to the November ballot, increasing pressure on the Supreme Court to act quickly. - **2026-09-08**: Kavanaugh denies emergency stay — Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied Missouri's emergency request to suspend the state Supreme Court ruling, without referring the matter to the full Court or stating reasons. - **2026-09-08**: Federal judge orders map used — Chief U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark issued a temporary order in a suit filed by Rep. Bob Onder requiring Missouri to use the GOP-drawn map for the November 3 midterms. - **2026-09-08**: Supreme Court lets state ruling stand — The U.S. Supreme Court lets stand a Missouri Supreme Court ruling against the Trump-backed districts. - **2026-09-08**: Federal judge orders use of new map — A federal district judge forbids Secretary of State Denny Hoskins from using anything other than the new Trump-backed districts. - **2026-09-07**: Plaintiffs' response deadline — The U.S. Supreme Court orders plaintiffs who sued over the map to respond by midday. - **2026-09-04**: Missouri appeals to U.S. Supreme Court — Attorney General Catherine Hanaway files an emergency application asking the Supreme Court to halt the state court decision immediately. - **2026-09-04**: Missouri files emergency appeal — Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway asks the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the map and resolve the case by September 14. - **2026-09-03**: Missouri Supreme Court blocks new map — The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously rules the referendum petition was legal, sufficient, and timely, holding that the new districts never took effect and that the 2020-census map remains in force for the November 2026 general election. ## Recent coverage (7 stories, network-wide) ### SCOTUS Rejects Trump-Backed Map; 2022 Districts Return for 1M+ Voters 2026-09-13 21:36:11 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2 The U.S. Supreme Court's unsigned emergency order ends a yearlong clash between a federal district judge and the Missouri Supreme Court over which congressional map governs the November election. Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, who faced a state contempt hearing after following the federal order, has now directed local officials to use the 2022 districts. The reversal means Missouri could run its general election on lines different from its August primary, affecting more than a million voters. Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/scotus-rejects-trump-map-missouri-2022-districts ### Missouri Map Chaos: SCOTUS Faces Dueling Rulings 9 Days Before Ballot Deadline 2026-09-10 03:10:30 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 3 Conflicting state and federal rulings over Missouri's congressional map have thrown the state's eight House races into legal limbo, forcing the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in just nine days before the September 19 overseas-ballot mailing deadline. The case tests unresolved boundaries from Moore v. Harper between state and federal judicial authority, and whether the Purcell principle can discipline late-stage redistricting litigation. Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/missouri-map-scotus-dueling-rulings-ballot-deadline ### SCOTUS Rejects Missouri Map, Restores 2022 Districts for Midterms 2026-09-09 06:25:27 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2 The Supreme Court's denial of Missouri's emergency stay leaves the 2022 congressional map in place pending a statewide referendum, upending primary results and sharpening the tension between referendum rights and the Purcell principle. Justice Kavanaugh's order diverges from the Court's California and Texas redistricting rulings, giving election-law practitioners a new fact pattern on late-breaking ballot changes. Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/scotus-rejects-missouri-redistricting-2022-map ### 2 Courts, 1 Map: Kavanaugh Denies Stay, Federal Judge Orders GOP Map 2026-09-09 05:49:12 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2 On September 8, 2026, Justice Kavanaugh declined to stay a Missouri Supreme Court ruling requiring a voter referendum before the GOP's 2025 congressional map can take effect, only for Chief U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark to order the state to use that map for the November 3 midterms. The result is an irreconcilable conflict between state and federal judicial commands. For legal professionals, the dispute tests Rooker-Feldman limits, Moore v. Harper's rejection of the independent state legislature theory, and the Purcell principle weeks before an election. Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/missouri-congressional-map-conflicting-court-orders ### Missouri Map Fight: 300K Signatures, Sept. 14 SCOTUS Deadline 2026-09-05 23:47:49 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2 The U.S. Supreme Court weighs emergency relief over a Missouri congressional map after the state's high court sided with a 300,000-signature referendum bid, creating a September 14 ballot-admin deadline that could disrupt GOP midterm strategy. Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/missouri-gop-map-supreme-court-300k-signature-sept14 ### 300K signatures force SCOTUS to weigh Missouri map before Nov. vote 2026-09-05 11:38:05 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2 Missouri's emergency Supreme Court application tests whether a state referendum can suspend a congressional map after a primary. The dispute centers on more than 300,000 signatures and a November ballot question on the map. Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/missouri-scotus-congressional-redistricting-300k-signatures ### MO Supreme Court blocks GOP map after 300K+ signatures, orders vote 2026-09-04 02:11:05 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2 The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously held that a referendum petition with more than 300,000 signatures was valid, blocking a GOP-favorable congressional map and keeping the 2020-census districts in place for November 2026. The ruling resolves a state constitutional question over whether the referendum power reaches redistricting and sets up a likely U.S. Supreme Court appeal by Missouri's attorney general. Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/missouri-supreme-court-blocks-gop-map-referendum --- This page is a machine-readable summary. Sentiment measures the directional read of each development for this entity, not the tone of the reporting; impact weights consequence, not syndication reach. 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