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纽约，9月21日（路透社）——美国一家上诉法院周一作出裁决，支持密苏里州共和党人绘制的国会选区地图，该地图旨在帮助共和党维持其在众议院的微弱多数席位。不过，若美国最高法院不进一步介入，该地图将不会在11月的中期选举中使用。
这一由位于密苏里州圣路易斯的美国第八巡回上诉法院作出的裁决，在距中期选举不到两个月之际，可能会加剧该州国会选区边界的混乱局面。唐纳德·特朗普总统所在的共和党正努力保住对国会参众两院的控制权。
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密苏里州共和党人于2025年通过了新的选区地图，该地图废除了长期担任民主党众议员伊曼纽尔·克利弗位于堪萨斯城的选区。这是特朗普支持的更广泛计划的一部分，该计划旨在重新绘制国会选区地图，以利于共和党候选人。
9月3日，密苏里州最高法院一致否决了这份新地图，支持挑战者的主张，即该地图必须在11月的全民公投中获得选民批准才能生效。
但随后一名联邦法官发布临时命令，叫停了州法院的裁决，并要求密苏里州在中期选举中使用共和党绘制的地图。美国最高法院随后暂停了该命令。密苏里州官员表示，他们将使用保留克利弗选区原状的原有地图。
最高法院的暂停令目前仍然有效。第八巡回法院指示下级法院发布永久禁令，允许使用共和党绘制的地图，但同时表示该裁决将暂停至9月28日美国中部时间下午5点（格林威治标准时间22:00），以便最高法院有时间作出裁决。目前尚不清楚密苏里州共和党人或该地图的挑战者是否会在中期选举前请求最高法院再次审理此案。
在9月17日的听证会上，第八巡回法院的三名法官组成的合议庭——其中两名法官是特朗普在首任总统期间任命的，另一名由共和党总统乔治·H·W·布什任命——承认时间紧迫，因为密苏里州计划于本月开始向军人、海外选民和缺席选民邮寄选票。
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US appeals court backs Missouri’s Republican-drawn congressional map, sets up return to Supreme Court
2026-09-21T22:19:27.034Z / Reuters
By Luc Cohen
September 21, 2026 10:19 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
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NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters) – A US appeals court ruled on Monday in favor of a Republican-drawn congressional map in Missouri that aimed to help the party maintain its slim majority in the House of Representatives, although the map will not be used in November’s midterm elections without further intervention from the US Supreme Court.
The ruling by the St. Louis, Missouri-based 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals risked injecting further confusion about the boundaries of the state’s congressional districts with the midterms less than two months away. President Donald Trump’s Republicans are fighting to keep control of both chambers of Congress.
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Missouri Republicans adopted the new map, which dismantled the Kansas City-based seat of longtime Democratic Representative Emanuel Cleaver, in 2025 as part of a broader effort backed by Trump to redraw congressional districts to benefit Republican candidates.
On September 3, Missouri’s top court unanimously blocked the new map, siding with challengers who had argued it must be approved by voters in a November referendum before it can take effect.
But a federal judge then issued a temporary order blocking the state court’s decision and requiring Missouri to use the Republican-drawn map in the midterms. The U.S. Supreme Court subsequently paused that order. Missouri officials said they would use a prior map that left Cleaver’s district intact.
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The Supreme Court’s pause remains in effect for now. The 8th Circuit directed the lower court to enter a permanent injunction allowing for the Republican-drawn map, but also said the ruling would be paused until Monday, September 28 at 5 p.m. CT (2200 GMT) to give the Supreme Court time to weigh in. It was not immediately clear if either Missouri Republicans or the map’s challengers would ask the Supreme Court to take up the case again before the midterms.
At a hearing on September 17, a three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit — which included two judges appointed by Trump during his first term in the White House and another appointed by Republican President George H.W. Bush — acknowledged that time was of the essence, since Missouri is scheduled to start sending ballots to military, overseas and absentee voters this month.
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