The gerrymandered congressional map pushed through the General Assembly by Republicans meets constitutional requirements for districts to be compact and contiguous, a Jackson County judge ruled Thursday. The decision from Circuit Judge Adam Caine is the third Missouri court ruling to reject a constitutional challenge to the plan intended to shift the 5th Congressional District […]
(The Center Square) – Two dozen state attorneys general have written to the secretaries of Transportation, Energy and War asking them to investigate the federal funding of two organizations due to the groups’ refusal to take action on a politically biased climate chapter in a reference manual that is used by judges – the attorneys arguing such impartiality could impact the integrity of the judicial system.
An effort to restrict the ability of judges at all levels to rewrite ballot language was among the bills sent to the Senate.
A bill to protect ballot summaries written by politicians from judicial revision passed the Missouri House on Wednesday, as lawmakers moved to restore a law struck down earlier this year by the state Supreme Court. The legislation would give the secretary of state three chances to revise ballot summaries found to be insufficient or unfair […]
The first case challenging Missouri’s gerrymandered redistricting plan to reach the state Supreme Court questions whether lawmakers had the power to enact the plan at all. The court’s seven judges on Tuesday spent nearly an hour discussing the definition of a single word — “when” — and what it means in the constitutional directive to […]
In a change from a similar law last year, the bill would only allow circuit court judges to rewrite ballot language
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case over whether the U.S. Air Force can destroy hazardous munitions in Guam.
(The Center Square) – Legal experts anticipate the U.S. Supreme Court will strike down a law barring unlawful drug users from possessing firearms.
A Festus resident has filed a lawsuit against the city of Festus, asking the courts to reverse recent City Council actions involving data centers.
The Grandview R-2 School District has joined a lawsuit against the State of Missouri and Attorney General Catharine Hanaway challenging the co…