People Not Politicians v. Onder · ¶4

In two orders in the last few weeks, this Court has denied such relief. In the first, the Missouri Secretary of State asked this Court to stay the September 3 decision of the Missouri Supreme Court that had prohibited use of the 2025 map in the general election. On September 8, JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, in his capacity as Circuit Justice for the Eighth Circuit, denied that request, thereby leaving the 2022 map in effect for the 2026 general election. But that same evening, a federal district court in Missouri issued a temporary restraining order—in practical effect, an injunction—in effect requiring Missouri to use the 2025 map instead of the 2022 map, essentially ordering relief that the Circuit Justice had just denied.

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