The United States Supreme Court on Friday again blocked Missouri’s attempt to use the congressional map drawn in 2025 to secure an additional Republican seat in the midterms. The unanimous, unsigned ruling said that state law requires the 2022 map, not the 2025 map, to be used in the 2026 congressional election.
“At this late date, ordering reversion to the 2025 map in the midst of an ongoing election would usher in electoral chaos,” the high court wrote. “The District Court and Court of Appeals should not enjoin or otherwise prohibit the use of the 2022 map in the 2026 congressional election in Missouri.”
The ruling ended a legal battle that had spanned multiple courts–including three trips to the U.S. Supreme Court–in less than a month.