The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday halted a federal judge’s order requiring Missouri to use a new congressional map for the November general election, effectively restoring the state’s 2022 district lines. The justices granted an emergency appeal from opponents of the Republican-led redistricting plan without noting any dissent. The order came after Missouri’s highest court directed election officials to use the existing map, while U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark, a Trump appointee, ordered the state to use new districts that favored Republicans. The new map was used for Missouri’s primaries last month and was expected to give Republicans a strong chance of gaining a seat in the U.S. House. The state’s current delegation includes six Republicans and two Democrats. Under the suspended plan, Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s district would have been redrawn to heavily favor a Republican candidate, potentially changing the delegation to seven Republicans and one Democrat. The Supreme Court’s intervention required another last-minute change for election administrators. Ballots were scheduled to be finalized Tuesday so workers could begin preparing mail ballots ahead of the Sept. 19 mailing date. Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said his office would direct local election authorities to use the 2022 map. “Following the United States Supreme Court’s stay, the only governing court order in effect is from the Missouri Supreme Court,” Hoskins said in a statement. The decision also resolved, at least temporarily, a confrontation between Hoskins and the Missouri Supreme Court. The court had called him to explain why his office did not immediately follow its order to use the old districts. Chief Justice W. Brent Powell later ruled that Hoskins had been in contempt but said he had cleared the violation by issuing Thursday’s directive. The dispute has produced nearly a dozen legal challenges over the Republican-backed map. Two Republican House candidates also sued in federal court, arguing that changing the districts after they competed in the primary would unfairly alter the election. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments Sept. 17 over Clark’s temporary restraining order. The Supreme Court’s action appears likely to limit the practical effect of any ruling in that case before the November election. Richard von Glahn, executive director of People Not Politicians, the group that organized opposition to the redistricting plan, said the Supreme Court’s action settled the map dispute and accused Hoskins of creating avoidable administrative confusion.