When deciding whether the Nonpartisan Court Plan is truly nonpartisan, I look at the Plan’s results, rather than accepting its title. Seventeen of the last eighteen nominees for Missouri Supreme Court positions were Democrats. And when Democrats don’t control the process, Republicans…
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Loading ...Colleen Carroll Campbell rests her rapidly evaporating argument in favor of the one-man-one-woman definition of marriage (California puts judicial activism back on the agenda, May 22, 2008) on the wobbly allegation that these sexual unions, unlike the same-sex variety, hold…
(7 votes, average: 3.29 out of 5) Loading ...Re: “Parents found topless….” and “Tortoise theft….”
I’m trying to understand the present interpretation of justice in America, as I compare the “crimes” discussed in two articles in the P-D on page C10, Feb. 29, 2008.
In the article “Tortoise…
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The Missouri Plan for nominating justices to the Supreme Court has failed the people of Missouri. Creating a non-partisan way to elect judges was a noble endeavor, one which has been copied by many other states, but the system…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Jim Lempke, I regret to say, is my representative. Last election I campaigned vigorously against him as he does not, nor has he ever, represented me or my family who also live in his district. When he was being questioned…
(6 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...The January 26, 2008 P-D ran a news item about Representative Jim Lembke and his desire to remove Judge Christine Hutson from office. Interestingly, the story described Rep. Lembke as “conservative” and that led me to wonder what how that term is…
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