Missouri court opens contempt probe into Republican official over redistricting fight - NBC News
Missouri is facing a complex legal battle over congressional redistricting, with state and federal courts issuing conflicting rulings on which map to use for upcoming elections. The state Supreme Court has initiated a contempt probe into Secretary of State Denny Hoskins for his refusal to comply with state-level rulings.
Why it matters
The conflict highlights a constitutional crisis between state and federal judicial authority, threatening the administration of upcoming midterm elections.
WASHINGTON — The no-holds-barred redistricting fight in Missouri has returned to the U.S. Supreme Court for the second time, with opponents of a new GOP-drawn congressional map urgently asking the justices to prevent it from being used in the midterm elections. At issue is how to resolve two competing rulings, with the Missouri Supreme Court finding having found last week that the new map could not be used based on state law while a voter referendum that could veto it moves forward. The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to block the state court ruling. But in a separate case, a federal court ruled Tuesday that the new map must be used to prevent violations of the U.S. Constitution, raising questions that were not put to the U.S. Supreme Court in the state case. The Missouri Supreme Court has also opened a contempt probe into Secretary of State Denny Hoskins.
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