A federal judge has allowed Missouri’s top court to proceed with a contempt hearing for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in a dispute over new congressional districts supported by President Donald Trump. The state Supreme Court is to hold the contempt hearing Thursday. That court previously ordered Hoskins not to use a Trump-backed map in the November election. But on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark barred Hoskins from using anything other than the new map Trump supports. State attorneys representing Hoskins wanted Clark to block the contempt hearing. But the federal judge declined to do so.

The Supreme Court is rebuffing Missouri’s push to use a new congressional map backed by President Donald Trump in the November election. The court on Tuesday turned down an emergency appeal from Missouri Republican officials. Republicans had hoped the new districts could help them gain a seat and hold onto their slim House majority in the midterms. The state appealed after the Missouri Supreme Court said the new districts were automatically suspended by a citizen petition demanding a statewide vote. Missouri’s new districts were used in the August primaries, but the Missouri Supreme Court ruled in September that the state must revert to districts adopted after the last census.

The Maryland Supreme Court says a congressional redistricting amendment backed by Democrats can appear on the November ballot. The ruling Thursday reverses the decisions of two lower courts that had blocked the measure from going to voters. If approved by voters, the amendment could make it easier for Democratic lawmakers to redraw U.S. House districts to their advantage ahead of the 2028 elections. Democrats already hold seven of the state’s eight U.S. House districts. They hope that redistricting could help them win all eight seats and offset Republican redistricting efforts elsewhere that have been backed by President Donald Trump.

The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election. The court ruled Thursday that the map cannot be used until voters first get a chance in November to uphold or reject it. Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins had turned down a citizens’ petition seeking to put the map to a vote. But the court reversed that decision and ordered a referendum to be held. The ruling could be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Missouri’s new House districts were drawn by the Republican-led Legislature to try to help the GOP win another seat.