Published September 6, 2026 at 12:49 PM ET · Updated September 25, 2026 at 8:06 PM ET
Supreme Court blocks Missouri's GOP congressional map for third time
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The Supreme Court rejected Missouri Republicans' request to use a new congressional map. The decision denies a bid to reinstate the revised map for the 2026 midterms.
Patriot Watch first flagged this story 24 d ago, when Just the News reported it. Coverage has since grown to 12 independent outlets, including 7 wire/mainstream feeds. The most recent report came 5 d ago from New York Post.
⚖ The Constitutional Angle
Wesberry v. Sanders held that congressional districts within a state must be substantially equal in population, so any revised Missouri map must still clear that constitutional floor. Louisiana v. Callais held a majority-Black district an unconstitutional racial gerrymander and tightened vote-dilution claims, the framework now governing maps redrawn after it.
Wesberry v. Sanders 376 U.S. 1 (1964)
Vote: 6-3 · Opinion: Justice Hugo L. Black
Article I, § 2's command that Representatives be chosen 'by the People of the several States' requires that, as nearly as is practicable, one person's vote in a congressional election be worth as much as another's — i.e., congressional districts within a state must be substantially equal in population. Georgia's Fifth District, with two to three times the population of some other districts, was unconstitutional. This is the congressional-districting branch of 'one person, one vote.'
Louisiana v. Callais 608 U.S. ___ (2026)
Vote: 6-3 · Opinion: Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
Per the supremecourt.gov slip-opinion listing (24-109_21o3.pdf) and CRS/SCOTUSblog analysis: the Court (6-3, Alito) held Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district an unconstitutional racial gerrymander and reworked the Thornburg v. Gingles framework, making it materially harder to bring § 2 vote-dilution claims.
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