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Legal sector outpaced US jobs growth in September
The US legal sector reached another record employment high in September, even as job growth across the broader economy slowed more than expected last month, according to new figures released Frida...
![The secretary devotes a significant portion of his briefing to discussing the confusion, expense, and practical difficulties that may result from not utilizing the congressional redistricting in HB 1 for the November 2026 election. Besides being irrelevant to the secretary's sole basis for declaring the referendum petition insufficient, these arguments are particularly misplaced given the secretary's delay created the confusion, expense, and practical difficulties of which he complains. In December 2025, a federal district court advised the secretary and the state that, if the referendum petition is sufficient, "the new map will be frozen until after the referendum, which could significantly disrupt the 2026 elections." Mo. Gen. Assembly v. Von Glahn, No.
4:25-CV-1535-ZMB, 2025 WL 3514277, at *2 (E.D. Mo. Dec. 8, 2025). At the same time, the federal district court noted the secretary had the ability to declare the petition insufficient based on his argument in the federal litigation-identical to his argument now-that the Missouri Constitution does not permit a referendum as to congressional redistricting passed by the General Assembly. Id. at *4. "[T]here is no apparent reason why [the secretary] would incur the significant cost of signature verification given his stated belief that the petition is constitutionally deficient." Id. at *2 n.2. In two separate cases in May, this Court stated it could not determine whether the congressional redistricting in HB 1 was in effect until the secretary issued his certification and the judicial review authorized by the General Assembly was complete.
Maggard, 733 S.W.3d at 419-20; NAACP, 734 S. W.3d at 341 n.4. Despite this clear guidance from the federal district court and this Court, the secretary chose to delay his certification until the last possible day —August 4 and, in the meantime, utilized the congressional redistricting in HB 1 while incurring the time and expense of signature verification despite having represented t…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreia7frr572jj7b6jglfjpgzz6ylcyvbgz6aicjoq7y2syivebnxt5a)
