Justice Kavanaugh on Tuesday denied Missouri’s emergency request to use a redrawn congressional map for November’s midterm elections, leaving in place a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that bars the new districts from taking effect until voters weigh in.
Kavanaugh issued
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