NRF-supported plaintiffs ask SCOTUS to Halt Federal Judge’s Attempt to Block Missouri Supreme Court’s Decision

Washington, D.C. – Today, plaintiffs supported by the National Redistricting Foundation (NRF) filed an emergency stay request with the U.S. Supreme Court to block a federal judge’s temporary restraining order insisting that Missouri must use the state’s mid-decade gerrymander for the 2026 elections—a map that has been struck down by the Missouri Supreme Court. The NRF is directing litigation on behalf of and providing financial support to People Not Politicians (PNP) in this case, who are asking the Supreme Court to stay the federal judge’s restraining order on the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision.

“The Supreme Court must overrule this nonsensical order by a single, rogue federal judge that tries to force Missouri to use a congressional map that is no longer legally recognized under state law in this year’s election, without the authority to do so. One federal judge does not have the power to make a constitutional ruling on a redistricting map,” said Marina Jenkins, Executive Director of the National Redistricting Foundation (NRF). “The Missouri Supreme Court’s decision was clear: the petition drive invalidated Missouri’s 2025 mid-decade gerrymander for use in the 2026 midterms. The U.S. Supreme Court has already denied one attempt to block the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision, and it should also deny this outrageous attempt by a single federal judge to intervene in state court proceedings.”  

The federal judge’s order came shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court denied an emergency stay request on the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision in Von Glahn v. Hoskins to strike down the Show Me State’s mid-decade gerrymander and ordered the state to use its 2022 congressional map in this year’s election.

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