Rep. Emanuel Cleaver says the Supreme Court's stay is "A win for justice. A win for democracy."
U.S. Representative for Missouri's 5th District, posting on his official @repcleaver account
“A win for justice. A win for democracy. A win for the people of Missouri. It is my hope that state officials will start following court orders and end this shameful attempt to break Missouri law and silence Missouri voters.”
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Original post
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Post from Cleaver's official congressional account, a government-verified account, responding to the Supreme Court's September 10 order.
Original text
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One-page unsigned order staying the district court's September 8 order pending the Eighth Circuit appeal and any timely petition for certiorari. The order gives no reasoning.
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Report on the Supreme Court's September 10 stay. It quotes Richard von Glahn's emailed statement, notes that the U.S. solicitor general joined Missouri and Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in opposing the stay, and describes the order as unsigned with no publicly noted dissent.
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Report on the Supreme Court of Missouri's September 10 contempt hearing for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, his statement directing local election authorities to use the 2022 map, and statements from Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, attorney Chuck Hatfield and Rep. Bob Onder.
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The Supreme Court's September 10 order stayed the federal order requiring the 2025 map. The Missouri Independent reported that the 2025 map was designed to make the 5th District, which Cleaver represents, more favorable to Republicans.
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Later on September 10, the Supreme Court of Missouri found Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt, then ruled that he had purged the contempt by directing use of the 2022 map.
How this statement is classified
Responding to: Under the Missouri Constitution, the referendum petition kept House Bill 1 from taking effect, so the 2022 map is the only valid congressional map and must be used in the 2026 general election.
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Cleaver welcomes the stay that keeps the 2025 map out of the general election and criticizes the effort to use it as a breach of Missouri law, which condemns that use. The closest competing label, “Mixed or conditional”, loses because he attaches no condition.
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Should Missouri be allowed to use its 2025 congressional map in the 2026 general election?
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“In short, as a matter of state law, the 2022 map—not the 2025 map—must be used in the 2026 congressional election. … At this late date, ordering reversion to the 2025 map in the midst of an ongoing election would usher in electoral chaos. Purcell protects against such disorder. … And the District Court and Court of Appeals should not order or otherwise require Missouri to use the 2025 map in the 2026 congressional election in Missouri.”Read statement
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