legal roundtable

Legal Roundtable: Lawsuits Against Schnucks, Sharia Law, Monsanto, Etc.

Alex Heuer, Mary Edwards and Don Marsh — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:56:18 +0000

Legal issues are never far from the headlines and in many cases, they are the headlines.

The Missouri Legislature recently ended its session and passed some bills worth considering from a legal perspective. One bill bars the implementation of Agenda 21, a non-binding United Nations plan which promotes sustainable development. Another would bar Sharia law in Missouri.

Host Don Marsh talked with a panel of legal experts to explain those issues and more.

The panelists included:

Legal Roundtable: Marathon Bomber, Blood Alcohol Test, TIF, Etc.

Alex Heuer, Mary Edwards and Don Marsh — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:29:57 +0000

Legal questions surround the arrest of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing who was captured on Friday.

What is the role of the public safety exception as it relates to Miranda rights? Were civil rights violated as a result of the lockdown? Should Tsarnaev be tried as an enemy combatant as some Republican legislators have suggested?

The questions surrounding the surviving suspect of the Boston Marathon bombing were discussed by a panel of legal experts, as part of our monthly legal roundtable discussion.

The panelists included:

Legal Roundtable: Gay Marriage, Drones, Contraception, Etc.

Alex Heuer, Mary Edwards and Don Marsh — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:39:09 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court, last week, heard arguments on two gay rights cases which may produce landmark rulings.

The Missouri legislature is considering banning the use of drones by journalists while the University of Missouri Journalism School is teaching students how to use them.

And, Missouri’s contraception exception law is no more – at least for now.

Those and other topics were discussed as part of our monthly legal roundtable.

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Legal Roundtable: Monsanto Likely To Win Case, Gun Legislation, St. Louis Cards Rally Squirrel, Etc.

Alex Heuer, Mary Edwards and Don Marsh — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:57:49 +0000

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a legal battle between St. Louis-based Monsanto and a 75-year-old farmer from Indiana named Vernon Hugh Bowman.

While some Supreme Court justices have already tipped their hat signifying Monsanto will likely win the case, the issue revolves around whether Bowman violated Monsanto’s patent rights when he planted soybean seeds from a grain elevator.

St. Louis City Prosecutor: We Must Avoid Another ‘George Allen’

Alex Heuer, Mary Edwards, Don Marsh and Rachel Lippmann — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:49:44 +0000

In the early 1980s, University City resident George Allen was charged with and convicted of raping and murdering court reporter Mary Bell.

Last year, after serving 30 years in prison, Allen was released from prison as new evidence came to light which could have helped Allen’s defense and which a judge ruled made his trial unfair.