US SC shuts down Missouri's long-shot push to lift Trump's gag order

The Supreme Court on Monday shut down a long-shot push from Missouri to remove a gag order in former President Donald Trump's hush-money case and delay his sentencing in New York.

The Missouri attorney general went to the high court with the unusual request to sue New York after the justices granted Trump broad immunity from prosecution in a separate case filed in Washington.

The order states that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would have allowed Republican Andrew Bailey to file the suit, though not grant his push to quickly lift the gag order and delay sentencing.

Bailey argued the New York gag order, which Missouri wanted stayed until after the election, wrongly limits what the GOP presidential nominee can say on the campaign trail around the country, and Trump's eventual sentence could affect his ability to travel.

The actions by New York have created constitutional harms that threaten to infringe the rights of Missouri's voters and electors, he wrote.

Bailey railed