On December 23, some Missouri voters filed a lawsuit in state court to stop the new U.S. House district boundaries. The suit depends on Missouri precedents going back to 1914 to establish that when a referendum petition is filed against a new law, that new law is not in effect until the voters approve it. The new lawsuit is an ACLU case. The Secretary of State and the Attorney General have been declaring that a referendum petition has no legal effect until after the signatures have been approved, which could take until June 2026.
The case is Maggard v State of Missouri, Cole Co. Circuit Circuit Court, 25AC-CC09120.
I’d be fine with all of this mid-decade redistricting would stop if I knew both political parties would adhere to it, but we know know won’t. The Republicans are doing it now, yet the Democrats have pushed and succeeded with it before so I doubt they won’t try again either.