2026-09-05 12:17:23 UTC / 路透社
作者：安德鲁·钟
2026年9月5日 美国东部时间中午12:17 更新于两小时前
2026年9月1日，美国华盛顿特区的美国最高法院。路透社/亚伦·施瓦茨 摄
- 摘要
- 此次裁决或保住民主党众克里弗的众议院席位
- 反对新地图的投票团体曾在新地图生效前发起公投请愿
- 密苏里州最高法院允许公投程序推进
9月5日（路透社）——密苏里州周五向美国最高法院提出请求，允许其在11月的中期选举中使用共和党主导的国会选区地图，此举旨在帮助共和党保住其在众议院的微弱多数席位。
在一项紧急请求中，密苏里州总检察长凯瑟琳·哈纳韦的办公室请求最高法院暂停州最高法院阻止该地图生效的裁决。该裁决保住了堪萨斯城选区的资深民主党众议员伊曼纽尔·克里弗的席位，而根据重新划定的边界，该选区原本将被撤销。
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哈纳韦的办公室在提交的文件中表示，尽管该州已于8月使用新地图完成了初选，但州最高法院的裁决迫使密苏里州在11月的选举中使用旧的选举地图。
“美国历史上没有任何法院给出过如此非同寻常的救济措施，这给密苏里州带来了前所未有的混乱，”文件中写道。
密苏里州共和党人通过该地图是总统唐纳德·特朗普支持的更广泛行动的一部分，该行动旨在重新划定国会选区边界，以利于共和党候选人——这一行动多次将美国最高法院卷入国会选区重划的争议中。
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最高法院一项限制具有里程碑意义的《选举权法案》适用范围的重大裁决，以及法院随后的一系列裁决，使得南部多个保守派州得以取消拥有大量黑人选民的选区，最终让共和党在史无前例的中期重划选区之战中占据上风。
尽管共和党和民主党控制的州都绘制了新地图，但共和党在16个选区提升了胜选几率，包括密苏里州克里弗的选区，而民主党则在6个选区获得了优势。
共和党在众议院以219票对214票占据微弱多数，其中包括一名与共和党团的无党派议员。
由五名共和党任命法官组成的密苏里州最高法院于9月3日一致裁决，该地图必须经过11月的公投获得选民批准后方可生效。
哈纳韦在社交媒体帖子中表示，这项裁决“违反了联邦法律，将我们州推入了全面的宪法危机”。
一个反对新地图的团体“人民而非政客”已经收集到足够签名，根据州宪法中一项授权对任何立法法案进行投票表决的条款发起公投请愿。
密苏里州共和党籍州务卿丹尼·霍斯金斯作为该州最高选举官员，驳回了该请愿，理由是州宪法条款不适用于国会选区重划。但密苏里州法院驳回了这一论点。
“公投请愿合法、充分且及时，州务卿得出了相反的错误结论，”金杰·古奇法官在法院意见书中写道。古奇表示，重新划定的地图“除非获得选民批准，否则不会生效”。
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Missouri asks Supreme Court to revive Republican-drawn congressional map
2026-09-05 12:17:23 UTC / Reuters
By Andrew Chung
September 5, 2026 12:17 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 1, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz
- Summary
- Ruling could save House seat of US Representative Cleaver
- Voting group opposed to new map had petitioned for a referendum before it went into effect
- Missouri Supreme Court allowed referendum to proceed
Sept 5 (Reuters) – Missouri asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to use a Republican-drawn congressional map in November’s midterm elections aimed at helping the party preserve its narrow U.S. House majority.
In an emergency request, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s office asked the court to suspend a state Supreme Court ruling that blocked the map. The decision preserved the Kansas City-based seat of longtime Democratic Representative Emanuel Cleaver, whose district would have been dismantled under the redrawn boundaries.
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The decision forces Missouri to use an older electoral map in November’s elections even though the state had already held primary elections in August using the new map, Hanaway’s office said in the filing.
“No court in American history has ever given such an extraordinary remedy, which inflicts unprecedented chaos on Missouri,” the filing said.
Missouri Republicans adopted the map as part of a broader effort backed by President Donald Trump to redraw congressional districts in ways that could benefit Republican candidates – n effort that repeatedly drew the U.S. Supreme Court into disputes over congressional redistricting.
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A major Supreme Court ruling limiting the reach of the landmark Voting Rights Act and subsequent actions by the court permitted several conservative Southern states to eliminate districts with significant Black populations, allowing Republicans to eventually emerge as the winners of an unprecedented mid-decade redistricting war.
While both Republican- and Democratic-controlled states drew new maps, Republicans improved their chances in 16 districts, including Cleaver’s seat in Missouri, while Democrats secured an edge in six districts.
Republicans hold a narrow 219-214 majority in the U.S. House, including one independent who caucuses with Republicans.
The Missouri Supreme Court, which includes five Republican-appointed judges, unanimously ruled on September 3 that the map must be approved by voters in a November referendum before it can take effect.
Hanaway in a social media post had said that the ruling “violates federal law and has thrust our state into a full-fledged constitutional crisis.”
A group formed to oppose the new map, People Not Politicians, had collected enough signatures to file for a referendum under a provision in the state constitution that authorizes a ballot measure to approve any legislative act.
Missouri’s Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, the state’s top election official, rejected the petition, finding that state constitutional language does not apply to congressional redistricting. The Missouri court dismissed that argument.
“The referendum petition was legal, sufficient, and timely, and the secretary incorrectly concluded otherwise,” Judge Ginger Gooch wrote for the court. The redrawn map “will not go into effect unless and until approved by voters,” Gooch said.
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Reporting by Andrew Chung and Joseph Ax; Editing by Howard Goller and Toby Chopra
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