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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the Missouri redistricting case on their podcast "Advisory Opinions," noting that it’s heading to the Supreme Court for a third time as Justice Kavanaugh requests briefing within 22 minutes of their recording. The episode also covers listener questions about standing doctrine, marijuana laws, court packing, and controversial school murals.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-24,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
A federal appeals court in Missouri ordered on September 18 that the state must use newly drawn Republican-backed congressional districts for November’s midterm elections, despite previous rulings by both the U.S. Supreme Court and the Missouri Supreme Court blocking their implementation. The new map, favored by former President Donald Trump, aims to benefit Republicans by altering district boundaries and splitting existing ones. This decision follows a long-standing legal battle over redistricting in Missouri, which has seen multiple conflicting court orders affecting voter registration and ballots already printed using the old 2022 map. As a result, the case is likely headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court for a final ruling before November's elections.
Written for “Missouri Redistricting Saga” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 26 other(s) covering the same event.
Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the Missouri redistricting case now that the 8th Circuit has weighed in.
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Let’s stipulate that everything is a mess.
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Then, the two go through a few listener mailbag questions, including controversial school murals, marijuana law, and court packing.
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Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective.
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[handcuffs clinking] Ready?
I was born ready.
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[rock music playing]
Welcome to Advisory Opinions.
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That's David French, and oh my God, we're gonna try to break down the Missouri redistricting case
for the third time, because it's going to the Supreme Court for the third time.
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So the first time, we didn't cover it enough.
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The second time, maybe we did, but it doesn't matter because now the Eighth Circuit has weighed in.
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The Eighth Circuit has entered the chat.
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Okay, so we will do that, and then we have got some amazing listener questions, including my favorite line that has ever been in a listener email.
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But we've got questions on standing, on marijuana, on what would actually happen if we made the Supreme Court 15 seats, and a mural that has been in that middle school for 10 years.
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Can they paint over it?
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All right, David, before we get to the mailbag, we do have some Supreme Court news to do.
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[chuckles] I can't believe we're still doing this, but Missouri's redistricting map is headed up to the Supreme Court for the third time.
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Now, we are taping this on Wednesday afternoon.
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Justice Kavanaugh has asked for briefing.
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In fact, uh, by my clock, they currently have 22 minutes left, uh, to file their briefs.
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