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Verdict Of Voters To Determine Missouri Judicial Selection Process

Maria Altman — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:16:56 +0000

In the upcoming election, Missouri voters will decide whether to change how judges are chosen in the Show Me State.

More than 70 years ago Missourians voted for a nominating system that strove to take political influence out of the judiciary.

But as St. Louis Public Radio's Maria Altman reports, Constitutional Amendment 3 made it to November's ballot after increased criticism of that plan in recent years.

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Public Defenders Can Now Refuse Cases – But Seek Long-Term Solution

Maria Altman — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:26:13 +0000

Missouri’s public defenders won a big case before the state supreme court this summer.

What do dry-cleaning and online dating have in common?

The Associated Press and Kelsey Proud — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:08:37 +0000

Both were subjects of new laws signed by Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn today.

Mo. court strikes down part of 2008 harassment law

The Associated Press — Tue, 29 May 2012 19:44:16 +0000

The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down part of a state harassment law enacted after the suicide of a St. Charles County teenager who was teased over the Internet.

The high court on Tuesday invalidated a 2008 state law defining harassment to cover anyone who "knowingly makes repeated unwanted communication to another person."

Judge: Mo. flag desecration law unconstitutional

The Associated Press — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:17:33 +0000

A federal judge has ruled that Missouri's flag desecration law is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced.

U.S. District Judge Carol E. Jackson issued a permanent injunction Tuesday in the case of Frank Snider, a Cape Girardeau man arrested in 2009 for using a knife to cut up an American flag and then throwing it into the street.

Jackson's ruling prohibits the state, its political subdivisions and its officials from "enforcing or threatening to enforce" the law.