Kavanaugh Blocks Missouri Map

Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied Missouri’s emergency request to use a new Republican-backed congressional map in the November midterm elections, leaving in place a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that blocked the plan. The disputed map would shift the state from a 6-2 Republican-favored House map to a 7-1 map by targeting a Democratic-held seat. Minutes after Kavanaugh’s order, U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark temporarily ordered Missouri to use the new map and blocked the old districts. Opponents appealed Clark’s order to the 8th Circuit and sought an emergency stay.