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Appeals court considers Trump-backed Missouri congressional map despite Supreme Court block

Appeals court considers Trump-backed Missouri congressional map despite Supreme Court block

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September 17th, 2026

Appeals court considers Trump-backed Missouri congressional map despite Supreme Court block

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A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court on Thursday considered an effort to reinstate new congressional districts in Missouri backed by President Donald Trump, even though the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked those districts from being used in the November election.

一个联邦上诉法院合议庭周四审议了一项旨在恢复由总统唐纳德·特朗普支持的密苏里州新国会选区的努力,尽管美国最高法院已阻止这些选区在11月选举中使用。

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit heard arguments in the protracted dispute over whether the state should use the new Republican-drawn US House districts, as it did in the August primary.

美国第八巡回上诉法院一个由三名法官组成的合议庭听取了这场旷日持久的争议的辩论争论的焦点在于该州是否应像8月初选时那样使用由共和党绘制的美国众议院选区

However, even if the panel rules in favor of the new map, its impact remains uncertain, as the US Supreme Court has already blocked a lower court's order upholding the map from taking effect, pending a possible appeal and a final ruling by the Supreme Court.

然而即便合议庭裁定支持新地图其影响也尚不明确因为美国最高法院此前已阻止下级法院支持该地图的命令生效等待可能的上诉最高法院的最终裁决

In light of earlier rulings by the Missouri Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court, Missouri currently plans to use the same congressional districts for the November election as it did in 2024 and 2022.

鉴于密苏里州最高法院和美国最高法院此前作出的裁决,密苏里州目前计划在11月的选举中采用与2024年和2022年相同的国会选区。

Local election officials stated in court filings that they have already begun printing ballots using these districts, and that under federal law they face a Friday deadline to mail absentee ballots to overseas citizens and military voters.

地方选举官员在法庭文件中表示他们已开始打印使用这些选区选票依据联邦法律面临周五的最后期限向海外公民和军人选民邮寄缺席选票

State law, meanwhile, requires that absentee ballots be made available to all other voters by next Tuesday.

州法律要求在下周二之前向所有其他选民提供缺席选票

According to documents filed by the Missouri Association of County Clerks and Election Authorities, attempting to change the districts at such a late stage would be "virtually impossible" and would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

根据密苏里州县书记员和选举当局协会提交的文件,在如此晚的阶段试图更改选区将“实际上不可能”,并会耗费数十万美元。

Lawyers representing Republican U.S. Representative Bob Onder and State Senator Rick Brattin, the latter being the Republican nominee for a certain congressional district, told the appellate court judges that there was still time to reinstate the Trump-backed map.

代表共和党籍美国众议员鲍勃·翁德和州参议员里克·布拉廷(后者是某一国会选区的共和党提名人)的律师向上诉法院法官表示,恢复特朗普支持的地图仍有时间。

As he had argued in the district court, Missouri Deputy Solicitor General Lou Capozzi urged the appellate panel to rule that the U.S. Constitution prohibits a referendum petition from suspending the congressional map passed by legislators before a statewide vote is heldeven though the Missouri Supreme Court has already ruled that the state constitution requires exactly that.

正如他在地方法院所主张的,密苏里州副检察长卢·卡波齐敦促上诉合议庭裁定,美国宪法禁止公投请愿在举行全州投票之前暂停立法者所通过的国会地图——尽管密苏里州最高法院已裁定州宪法要求这样做。

The appellate court judges stated that they would issue a ruling promptly, noting that any decision they made could be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

上诉法院法官表示,他们将迅速作出裁决,并指出其任何决定均可能被上诉至美国最高法院。

"We have to make a decision, then they have to make a decision, and then the poor election officials have to deal with all of it," said Judge James Loken, who was appointed by former President George H. W. Bush.

我们必须做出决定然后他们必须做出决定接着可怜的选举官员还得应对这一切,”由前总统乔治·H·W·布什任命的法官詹姆斯·洛肯

Loken sharply questioned the lawyer for the organization "People Not Politicians," which had collected petition signatures to force a statewide vote on the new map backed by Trump.

洛肯“人民非政客”组织的律师提出了尖锐质疑该组织收集了请愿签名迫使特朗普支持的新地图交由全州投票

When the lawyer, Chuck Hatfield, argued that it was too late for the appellate panel to try to change the election, an impatient Loken eventually cut him off, declaring: "You're out of time, for goodness' sake!"

律师查克·哈特菲尔德辩称上诉合议庭试图改变选举已为时过晚时,不耐烦的洛肯最终打断了他宣称:“你们没时间了真是的!”

The other two members of the panelJudges David Stras and Justin Smithwere both appointed by Trump.

另外两名合议庭成员——法官大卫·斯特拉斯贾斯汀·史密斯——均由特朗普任命

Before his appointment in June, Smith had been a lawyer who represented Trump in the lawsuit brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll, unsuccessfully appealing a $5 million jury verdict to the U.S. Supreme Court.

在6月被任命之前史密斯曾是一名律师在作家E·简·卡罗尔提起的诉讼中代表特朗普就一项500万美元的陪审团裁决向美国最高法院提出上诉,但未获成功

Missouri's redistricting battle has been the longest, most complex, and most bewildering among the roughly dozen states that have attempted to alter their U.S. House districts over the past year.

密苏里州的选区重划之争,在过去一年中约十几个试图更改美国众议院选区的州中,是最漫长、最复杂且最令人困惑的。

Trump has driven this unusual wave of midterm redistricting, urging Republican-dominated states to redraw their districts in order to gain an advantage in the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress and shape his agenda.

特朗普推动了这一不寻常的中期选区重划浪潮,敦促共和党主导的州重新划分选区,以便在决定国会控制权并影响其议程的中期选举中取得优势。

In September of last year, Missouri lawmakers passed a new congressional map that substantially altered the Kansas City district held by Democratic Representative Emanuel Cleaver.

密苏里州立法者去年9月通过了一份新的国会地图大幅改变了民主党众议员伊曼纽尔·克利弗所持有的堪萨斯城选区

Brattin won the Republican primary and will challenge Cleaver.

布拉廷赢得了共和党初选将挑战克利弗

Republicans hope the map will help them win seven of the state's eight House seatsone more than they currently hold.

共和党人希望该地图能帮助他们该州八个众议院席位中赢得七个——比目前多一个

However, in December, opponents submitted thousands of petition signatures in an attempt to force a statewide vote on the new congressional map.

然而反对者于12月提交了数千份请愿签名试图推动对新选区进行全州投票

It was not until Augustthe very day the primary was held under the new mapthat Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins rejected the petition, claiming that referendum petitions do not apply to congressional redistricting.

共和党州务卿丹尼·霍斯金斯直到8月——初选在新选区举行的同一天——才拒绝该请愿并声称公投请愿不适用于国会选区重划

In September, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned Hoskins's ruling, barring the use of the new map until voters had the chance to approve or reject it in a November referendum.

密苏里州最高法院于9月推翻了霍斯金斯的裁定禁止新地图获得选民在11月公投中决定是否支持或否决之前使用该地图

The court stated that the state must revert to the districts approved in 2022.

法院表示该州必须改用2022年批准的选区

However, the matter did not die down there.

然而事态并未就此平息

A federal judge in St. Louis then issued a conflicting order barring the use of any districts other than the new map backed by Trump.

圣路易斯的一名联邦法官随后发布了一项相互矛盾的命令禁止使用除特朗普支持的新地图以外任何选区

The judge said that switching districts between the primary and the general election could violate federal rights.

该法官表示在初选和大选之间切换选区可能侵犯联邦权利

The U.S. Supreme Court suspended the judge's order last week, but the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals proceeded on Thursday to hear arguments in the case.

美国最高法院上周中止了该法官的命令第八巡回上诉法院周四继续审理了此案的辩论

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