Blistering lawsuit filed against GOP's new 'slapdash' gerrymander
I have testified before the House and Senate committees on redistricting a long time ago and part of my testimony was incorporated into one of the lawsuits attacking that gerrymander. That challenge failed. At least Texas drew contiguous maps. The gerrmander done by Missouri is truly sad and poorly done.
The ink is barely dry on the Missouri Republican Party's mid-decade gerrymander, and it has received its first lawsuit, filed in the state circuit court of Jackson County by the elections watchdog group Campaign Legal Center and the ACLU of Missouri.
— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2025-09-13T04:00:07Z
https://www.rawstory.com/missouri-lawsuit/
The map in question, passed after President Donald Trump ordered Republican-controlled states to redraw their maps to try to block a Democratic election wave next year, chops up a Democratic district in Kansas City, likely eliminating longtime Rep. Emanuel Cleaver in favor of a Republican.
"Today we sued Missouri for its unconstitutional gerrymandered congressional map and filed for an injunction," wrote CLC redistricting strategist Mark Gaber on X. "The map's got a lot of problems, its primary one being the Missouri Constitution.".....
Even more absurd, Gaber continued, "The process was so slapdash and rushed that the Legislature assigned one Kansas City precinct to TWO congressional districts. So they actually passed two maps, creating malapportioned and noncontiguous districts."
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