A federal lawsuit claims Missouri's newly proposed Senate districts should be struck down because they give greater weight to urban voters at the expense of rural residents.
The lawsuit filed Friday by a pair of law firms whose attorneys include former Missouri House Speaker and U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway, asserts Senate districts endorsed last month by a bipartisan state redistricting commission violate equal protection rights and state equal population requirements. It asks for a judge to strike down the districts and instead order the use of a Senate map crafted by a state judicial panel but rejected earlier this year by the Missouri Supreme Court. The suit is just the most recent legal challenge in a chaotic Missouri redistricting case. The state's high court also is considering challenges to new districts for the U.S. House and the 163-member Missouri House. There has been just one week since the beginning of the year without at least one new redistricting lawsuit, court hearing or redistricting commission meeting.
The lawsuit filed Friday by a pair of law firms whose attorneys include former Missouri House Speaker and U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway, asserts Senate districts endorsed last month by a bipartisan state redistricting commission violate equal protection rights and state equal population requirements. It asks for a judge to strike down the districts and instead order the use of a Senate map crafted by a state judicial panel but rejected earlier this year by the Missouri Supreme Court. The suit is just the most recent legal challenge in a chaotic Missouri redistricting case. The state's high court also is considering challenges to new districts for the U.S. House and the 163-member Missouri House. There has been just one week since the beginning of the year without at least one new redistricting lawsuit, court hearing or redistricting commission meeting.
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