The Supreme Court ruled three times on whether Missouri would use the 2025 congressional map or the previous map.
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The NPR Politics PodcastSep 29, 2026
Multiple tier-1 outlets (AP, Reuters) and the Supreme Court's own order record that the Court ruled a third time in September 2026 on whether Missouri would use the 2025 map or the 2022 map, and the extracted claim matches the post's wording. The sources do not contradict any element of the claim.
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… What is the latest thing we know that has happened? It's finally over. Yeah, Ashley, uh, the, the, the long saga has ended, um, and we talked about this on the pod a couple weeks ago, and then there was another development. Basically, the Supreme Court has now ruled three different times on whether Missouri would use the gerrymander of 2025, uh, that was passed by Republicans at President Trump's request, or whether they would be forced to use the previous congressional map. It's gone back and forth in state court and federal court, but the long and short of it is that this is finally decided by the Supreme Court, that the gerrymander will not take effect, uh, this election cycle, and that voters will be using the 2022 version, …
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Supports. AP reports the Supreme Court on September 25, 2026 turned away the Trump-backed 2025 map for the third time, leaving the 2022 districts in place for the November elections.[1][7]
Supports. Reuters reports the dispute reached the Supreme Court for the third time in September, after the Court blocked the map on September 10 and a federal appeals court later ordered it reinstated.[2]
Supports. The Supreme Court's opinion states that the 2022 map, not the 2025 map, must be used in the 2026 congressional election, confirming the outcome the claim describes.[3][8]
Supports. NPR, CBS, NBC and SCOTUSblog all describe the September 25 action as the third time the high court blocked the 2025 map.[4][5][6][9]
Sources
9 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 3 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1Supreme Court again blocks Missouri congressional map backed ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Battle over Missouri's congressional map reaches US Supreme Court for third timereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 326A388 People Not Politicians v. Onder (09/25/2026)supremecourt.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Supreme Court blocks Trump-backed Missouri ...npr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Supreme Court again blocks Missouri's new congressional map ...cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6Supreme Court rejects Republicans' Missouri redistricting ...nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 7Supreme Court rejects a Trump-backed Missouri congressional map for the third time - The Boston Globebostonglobe.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8People Not Politicians v. Onder | 609 U.S. ___ (2026)supreme.justia.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 9For the third time, Supreme Court declines to allow ...scotusblog.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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