Richard von Glahn says "The law is the law" after the Supreme Court's September 10 stay
Richard von GlahnExecutive director of People Not Politicians, the group that circulated the referendum petition and intervened in the federal case
In a statement after the Supreme Court stayed the federal order requiring the 2025 map, von Glahn said "The law is the law" and that the Missouri constitution and the Supreme Court of Missouri were clear. He said voters "will have the final say when they vote NO on Proposition A this November."
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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 law is the law, the Missouri constitution is clear as was the Missouri Supreme Court … People, not politicians, will have the final say when they vote NO on Proposition A this November.”
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Should Missouri be allowed to use its 2025 congressional map in the 2026 general election?
Missouri lawmakers passed a new congressional map, House Bill 1, in September 2025, and the State used it in the August 4, 2026 primary. On September 3, 2026, the Supreme Court of Missouri ruled unanimously that a referendum petition kept the map from taking effect and that the 2022 map remains in force for the November general election. Gov. Mike Kehoe, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins and President Donald Trump said in early September that the primary map should be used in November, and the Eighth Circuit held on September 21 that using the 2022 map violates the U.S. Constitution. People Not Politicians, the Campaign Legal Center and the ACLU argued that Missouri law makes the 2022 map the only valid map and that ballots had been mailed under it. On September 25, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court, in an unsigned per curiam order that records no dissent, stayed the federal injunctions, said that under state law the 2022 map must be used, and said lower courts should not require use of the 2025 map in the 2026 election. Kehoe called that decision disappointing and said Missouri will follow the order.
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ABC News reports the Supreme Court's September 10 stay and quotes a statement from Richard von Glahn, executive director of People Not Politicians.
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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 Eighth Circuit's September 21 ruling, with statements from Sen. Rick Brattin and Richard von Glahn.
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The Supreme Court on September 10 stayed Chief Judge Stephen Clark's order requiring the 2025 map, which revived the Supreme Court of Missouri's September 3 ruling, the Missouri Independent reported.
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On September 21, after the Eighth Circuit ruled the other way, von Glahn said he was confident the U.S. Supreme Court would again find that the 2022 map would be used in November.
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The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Von Glahn welcomes the stay that leaves the 2022 map in place and says Missouri law is clear, which opposes using the 2025 map. The closest competing label, “Challenged the characterization”, loses because he defends the outcome as required by law rather than disputing a description.
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