A federal appeals court had sided with Republicans seeking to use redrawn congressional district boundaries to give their party an advantage in the midterms elections.
Protesters outside the state capitol in Jefferson City, Mo., in March. The Supreme Court’s latest order landed when some ballots have already been sent out in the midterms in which a few seats could determine control of Congress.
Michael Whatley, the Republican Senate candidate, joins President Trump onstage during a rally in a hangar at Gastonia Municipal Airport, N.C., last week.