A US appeals court ruled in favor of a Republican-drawn congressional map in Missouri that aimed to help the party maintain ​its slim majority in the House of Representatives, although the map will not ‌be used in November’s midterm elections without further intervention from the US Supreme Court ↧ US appeals court backs Missouri’s Republican-drawn congressional ... A US appeals court ruled on Monday in favor of a Republican-drawn congressional map in Missouri that aimed to help the party maintain ​its slim majority in the House of Representatives, although the map will not ‌be used in November’s midterm elections without further intervention from the US Supreme Court.