On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States dismissed the appeal lodged by Missouri's Republican Attorney General, thereby upholding the injunction previously issued by the state's highest court.
美国最高法院周二驳回密苏里州共和党总检察长提出的上诉,维持该州最高法院先前颁布的禁令。
Yet, in a swift turn of events, Federal District Judge Stephen Clark promptly issued a temporary restraining order, expressly prohibiting the state of Missouri from adopting any redistricting plan other than the one championed by the Republicans.
然而,转瞬之间,联邦地区法官斯蒂芬·克拉克随即签发临时限制令,明令禁止密苏里州采用除共和党所力挺的新选区划分方案之外的任何其他选区。
The newly drawn districts were already implemented during the August primary, and their victors have been duly certified by election officials.
新选区已于八月初选阶段付诸实施,其胜出者亦经选举官员正式认证。
Nevertheless, the question of which redistricting framework will govern the November general election remains unresolved and awaits definitive clarification.
然而,十一月大选究竟将依据何种选区划分框架进行,此议题至今仍悬而未决,尚待厘清。
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court rebuffed an appeal from Missouri officials who had sought to implement a new congressional redistricting plan for the November elections, a plan endorsed by President Donald Trump — a setback for Republicans, who had harbored hopes that the new map would buttress their precarious majority in the House of Representatives.
最高法院周二驳回了密苏里州官员的上诉,这些官员曾试图采用总统唐纳德·特朗普支持的十一月选举新国会选区方案,此举对共和党人而言堪称挫败——他们原本寄望于新地图能助其维系在众议院中岌岌可危的多数席位。
In lodging her appeal, the Republican state attorney general, Catherine Hanaway, contended that redrawing the electoral districts between the primary and general elections would infringe upon the rights of the electorate, further asserting that such a course of action would inevitably precipitate chaos.
共和党州总检察长凯瑟琳·哈纳威在提起上诉时辩称,于初选与大选之间重新划分选区将侵害选民的权利,并进一步指出此举势必引发混乱。
Nevertheless, at the forceful behest of Trump, Missouri's Governor Mike Kehoe convened a special session of the legislature last year, with the aim of redrawing congressional district boundaries ahead of the midterm elections, thereby seeking to secure a political advantage favorable to their own camp.
然而,在特朗普的强力敦促下,密苏里州州长迈克·基霍于去年召集立法机构召开特别会议,旨在中期选举之前重新划分国会选区边界,以图谋取有利于己方的政治优势。
The revised map, targeting the Fifth Congressional District—long held by Kansas City's Democratic Representative Emanuel Cleaver—redistributes portions of Kansas City into two adjacent Republican-controlled districts, while extending the remainder of Cleaver's constituency eastward into the Republican heartland of rural areas.
经修订的地图针对第五国会选区——该选区长期由堪萨斯城的民主党众议员伊曼纽尔·克利弗把持——将堪萨斯城的部分地域划归邻近两个由共和党控制的选区,同时将克利弗选区的其余部分向东延伸至农村地区的共和党腹地。
Cleaver encountered no opposition in the Democratic primary, rendering his victory a foregone conclusion—a triumph achieved almost without striking a blow.
克利弗在民主党初选中未遇任何对手,其胜出毫无悬念,几近于不战而屈人之兵。
Concurrently, State Senator Rick Brattin, within the newly redrawn district, leveraged his political acumen and strategic maneuvering to clinch the Republican primary laurels, thereby securing the party's nomination.
与此同时,州参议员里克·布拉廷在重新划分的选区中,凭借其政治手腕与策略,成功摘得共和党初选的桂冠,获得了提名资格。
On the day of the primary election, the Republican Secretary of State, Danny Hoskins, rejected a petition bearing thousands of signatures, which sought to compel a November referendum on the redistricting plan.
在初选当日,共和党籍州务卿丹尼·霍斯金斯驳回了载有数千人签名的请愿书,该请愿旨在推动对该选区划分方案举行十一月公投。
Hoskins contended that the Missouri Constitution does not sanction a popular vote on the redrawing of congressional districts.
霍斯金斯坚称,密苏里州宪法并未授权就国会选区的重新划分进行全民公决。
The lower courts concurred, yet the state's supreme court ultimately overturned Hoskins's ruling.
下级法院对此表示认同,然州最高法院最终推翻了霍斯金斯的裁定。
The state's supreme court ruled that the newly delineated districts had been retroactively frozen at the time the petition signatures were submitted in December, and thus had never acquired legal force.
该州最高法院裁定,新划定的选区在十二月提交请愿签名之际即被追溯性冻结,故始终未获法律效力。
On Tuesday, Hoskins, in compliance with the state court's directive, placed the redistricting referendum on the November ballot as Proposition A.
霍斯金斯于周二遵照州法院指令,将重新划分选区的公投案列为十一月选票上的提案A。
The Missouri Constitution does not explicitly stipulate that the referendum mechanism may be invoked for the redrawing of congressional districts.
密苏里州宪法并未明文规定,公民投票可被援引用于国会选区的重新划分事宜。
Nevertheless, the state's supreme court has adjudicated that the constitutional provision permitting referenda on "any bill" enacted by the legislature extends its purview to encompass legislation pertaining to congressional redistricting.
然而,该州最高法院裁定,宪法中允许对立法机构所通过“任何法案”进行公投的条款,其适用范围涵盖国会选区重划之立法。
Missouri became the second Republican-dominated state, following Texas, to heed the call for congressional redistricting championed by Trump the previous year.
密苏里州成为继得克萨斯州之后,第二个响应特朗普去年所倡导的国会选区重新划分号召的共和党主导之州。
Several other states subsequently followed suit.
其余数州亦相继效仿。
On the whole, Republicans had harbored aspirations of seizing up to sixteen additional seats through the newly promulgated House district maps enacted across eight states—namely Texas, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Alabama.
总体而言,共和党人曾寄望于通过得克萨斯州、密苏里州、北卡罗来纳州、俄亥俄州、佛罗里达州、田纳西州、路易斯安那州及阿拉巴马州这八个州所颁布的新众议院选区图,至多攫取十六个额外席位。
The Democratic counteroffensive, by contrast, met with repeated setbacks, notwithstanding their conviction that they could secure up to six additional seats from the redrawn districts in California and Utah.
民主党方面的反击则屡遭挫败,他们自认为可从加利福尼亚州与犹他州的新划选区中赢得至多六个额外席位。
It remains to be seen whether the redrawing of electoral districts will indeed yield the results the Republicans anticipate.
目前尚不明朗,重新划分选区是否真能如共和党人所预期的那样奏效。
Historically, the incumbent party is invariably destined to forfeit seats in the House during midterm elections, and Trump's languishing approval ratings may erect yet more insurmountable hurdles for Republican candidates.
从历史规律来看,执政党在中期选举中往往难逃众议院席位流失的宿命,而特朗普低迷的支持率,则可能为共和党候选人平添更多难以逾越的障碍。