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Last April 8, the Missouri House passed a measure that would have given voters the right to change the state’s non-partisan judicial selection process and put politics back in the system.
On Sunday, The Kansas City Star looked at that 85-72 vote…
The Missouri Bar held its annual meeting in St. Louis last week, an event that’s usually keynoted by a somber address from the chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court. This year, the assembled lawyers heard the chief justice deliver…
Another chapter has begun in the continuing saga of a misguided few who are trying to tear down Missouri’s celebrated non-partisan plan for selecting judges.
Under the existing system, applicants for open seats on the state’s appellate courts, including the Supreme Court,…
T.J."Boss Tom" Pendergast used to decide who'd become a judge in Missouri. Should we bring back those golden days? (Photo © The State Historical Society of Missouri)
The Missouri Legislature once again is considering fixing something that isn’t broken: the state’s nonpartisan…
