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politics17 days ago•387 min saved

Supreme Court faces third emergency appeal over Missouri's chaotic congressional map

The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing a third emergency appeal regarding Missouri's congressional map, following a ruling by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals that ordered the state to use a Republican-favored 2025 map for November elections. This move reverses prior Supreme Court blocks and a Missouri Supreme Court decision that upheld the 2022 map. The dispute threatens to shuffle over one million voters, with absentee ballots already sent using the older map. Republicans aim to win seven of eight House seats, while opponents argue the switch is logistically impossible and disenfranchises voters who already voted in primaries under the new map.

via NBC News|

#eighth-circuit #midterm-elections #missouri

politics17 days ago

Missouri Redistricting Battle Reaches Supreme Court for Third Time Amid Election Chaos

The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing a third emergency appeal regarding Missouri’s congressional map after the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the state to use a Republican-drawn 2025 map for November elections. This ruling reverses previous Supreme Court blocks and the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision to keep the 2022 map. The dispute threatens to shuffle over one million voters, with absentee ballots already sent using the older map. Republicans aim to win seven of eight House seats, while opponents argue the switch is logistically impossible and disenfranchises voters who already voted in primaries under the new map.

via cbsnews.com|

#eighth-circuit #midterm-elections #missouri

politics19 days ago•5 min saved

8th Circuit Restores GOP-Drawn Missouri Map Ahead of Midterms

An 8th Circuit panel revived Missouri’s GOP-drawn congressional map for the upcoming midterms, ordering state officials to use the 2025 map despite the Missouri Supreme Court’s 7–0 reversal. If it stands, the map could yield one additional Republican seat by erasing Emanuel Cleaver’s Kansas City district. The ruling follows a tangle of conflicting court decisions and, while not immediately binding, gives opponents a week to seek Supreme Court relief before the election proceeds under the new map.

via Politico|

#eighth-circuit #gerrymandering #missouri

politics29 days ago•3 min saved

Missouri map dispute returns to court as 8th Circuit accelerates review

The 8th Circuit fast-tracked Missouri’s congressional map dispute with an emergency Sept. 17 hearing, after Secretary of State Hoskins briefly paused enforcing the Missouri First map; Gov. Kehoe publicly backs Hoskins and the 2025 map, while groups defend the 2022 map. The stay on the 2022 map persists, and legal experts expect continued battles, potentially reaching the Supreme Court again.

via KCTV|

#courts #eighth-circuit #elections

politics8 months ago•6 min saved

Appeals Court Denies DOJ’s Bid to Arrest Don Lemon in Minneapolis Church Protest

A federal appeals court rejected the Justice Department’s extraordinary bid to compel a lower‑court judge to issue arrest warrants for journalist Don Lemon and four others tied to a Minneapolis church protest, after a magistrate had refused warrants for Lemon and the others; the judge and the appeals panel criticized the request as unprecedented and not an emergency, leaving no warrants issued and unclear next steps for the DOJ.

via The New York Times|

#arrest-warrants #don-lemon #eighth-circuit

politics8 months ago•4 min saved

Appeals Court Finds Don Lemon Probable Cause in Minnesota Church Protest, Denies Warrant Signing

A federal appeals court held that the DOJ has probable cause to charge five defendants, including Don Lemon, over an anti-ICE protest inside a Minnesota church but declined to compel a district judge to sign the arrest warrants, leaving open the possibility of new affidavits or grand jury indictments.

via CBS News|

#anti-ice-protest #arrest-warrants #don-lemon

politics8 months ago•1 min saved

Appeals Court Pauses ICE Pepper-Spray Limits in Minnesota Protests

An Eighth Circuit panel granted an administrative stay, temporarily lifting a district court injunction that had restricted how ICE agents interact with protesters in Minnesota, including bans on pepper spray, while the Trump administration pursues the appeal.

via The New York Times|

#eighth-circuit #ice #injunction

politics2 years ago•3 min saved

The Supreme Court's Potential Overhaul of Voting Rights Litigation and Precedent

A voting rights case currently before the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals could potentially reshape how voting rights are litigated in the courts. The court ruled that individuals or advocacy groups cannot bring a lawsuit under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits the denial or abridgment of the right to vote based on race or color. Instead, only the federal government can initiate such lawsuits. Legal experts believe the case will likely reach the Supreme Court, giving the justices an opportunity to examine the Voting Rights Act in a presidential election year. The ruling currently applies only to federal courts within the Eighth Circuit, but there are other pending lawsuits challenging political maps across the country.

via Fox News|

#eighth-circuit #gerrymandering #lawsuit