The ACLU of Missouri has filed a lawsuit over a new congressional map passed by the legislature on Friday that would split up the city and give Republicans a leg up ahead of next year's midterm elections.

And the city of Kansas City, Missouri, may soon join the legal challenge.

The Missouri Senate on Friday approved a map that deliberately carves up the Kansas City area into three separate districts, drawing Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II out of his 5th District seat. It would likely send an additional GOP lawmaker to Washington, D.C., leading to a 7-1 Republican delegation in Congress.

A lawsuit filed just hours later by the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, on behalf of five voters, argues that the new map and the entire recent redistricting process is unconstitutional.

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