Lawmaker power to draw gerrymandered congressional map tested at Missouri Supreme Court

By: Rudi Keller

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: March 10, 2026

Words: 681

Last Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago

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The first case challenging Missouri’s gerrymandered redistricting plan to reach the state Supreme Court questions whether lawmakers had the power to enact the plan at all.

The court’s seven judges on Tuesday spent nearly an hour discussing the definition of a single word — “when” — and what it means in the constitutional directive to make congressional districts after each census.

The constitution states that “when the number of representatives to which the …

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