Missouri Supreme Court upholds Kansas City's gerrymandered map in win for Trump. [View all]

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the state’s gerrymandered congressional map in a pair of landmark rulings that ease a path for Republicans to unseat Kansas City’s longtime Democratic congressman.

The first unanimous ruling found that the map itself, which carves up Kansas City, was legal and did not violate the state constitution. The second ruling, which was also unanimous, found that the map was not currently blocked even though a campaign turned in signatures to force a statewide vote on it.

Together, the two rulings mean that, as of now, the map will be in effect for the upcoming August primaries and the Nov. 3 election. The decisions handed a major win to President Donald Trump, who leaned on Missouri Republicans to redraw the map amid a nationwide redistricting fight over U.S. House seats.

The lightning-fast rulings came just hours after oral arguments in a trio of cases over the map. In court Tuesday morning, attorneys for the ACLU of Missouri and the National Redistricting Foundation urged the state’s seven Surpreme Court judges to block or strike down the map.




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