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  "path": "/2026/05/27/missouri-supreme-court-hears-challenge-to-governors-power-to-call-special-sessions/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-27T16:41:31.000Z",
  "site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
  "tags": [
    "Courts",
    "Election 2026",
    "Congressional redistricting",
    "Emanuel Cleaver",
    "initiative petitions",
    "Missouri Supreme Court",
    "NAACP of Missouri",
    "Taylor Burks"
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  "textContent": "The last case that could overturn Missouri’s newly gerrymandered congressional map without a statewide vote went before the state Supreme Court on Wednesday, with attorneys for the NAACP arguing lawmakers should never have been called together in the first place. The General Assembly convened Sept. 3 in a special session called at the urging of […]",
  "title": "Missouri Supreme Court hears challenge to governor’s power to call special sessions"
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