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Missouri Freedom Caucus Eyes Judicial Reform After State Redistricting Debacle

‘Not only are we going to be talking about judicial reform, [but] we’re also going to be talking about implementing an eight-zero map here in the next couple years.’

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DALLAS, Texas — The Missouri Freedom Caucus (MOFC) is eyeing reforms to the state’s judicial system following a contentious Missouri Supreme Court ruling that’s thrown the upcoming November elections into chaos.

“Not only are we going to be talking about judicial reform in a number of different bills, [but] we’re also going to be talking about implementing an eight-zero map here in the next couple years,” MOFC Chair and State Sen. Nick Schroer told The Federalist at this past weekend’s State Freedom Caucus Network Summit.

The Show Me State has garnered nationwide attention in recent weeks following a Sept. 3 decision by the Missouri Supreme Court. That ruling effectively directed the state to use its 2022 congressional map as opposed to its 2025 map.

As The Federalist previously reported, the Missouri Legislature and Gov. Mike Kehoe approved the new map in question in September 2025. It sought to move the state from a six Republican-two Democrat map to a seven Republican-one Democrat map.

A group of activists later filed signatures supporting a petition to have a statewide referendum on the new map placed on the 2026 fall ballot. GOP Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, a former MOFC member, declined the petition last month, arguing that the Missouri Constitution “does not authorize a referendum on congressional redistricting plans passed by the General Assembly.”

Rejecting Hoskins’ claims, the Missouri Supreme Court held in its Sept. 3 ruling that “the plain language of … the Missouri Constitution authorizes a referendum as to ‘any act of the general assembly’ and no exception applies.” As a result, the state court permitted the referendum to appear on the fall ballot and blocked the state from using the 2025 map for the November contest.

Hoskins and Missouri officials quickly filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court days before ballots were expected to be finalized. In asking the justices to pause........

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