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01.11.2009 9:03 pm

Advice for new judicial selection commissioners

In November, voters in Greene County, which encompasses most of metropolitan Springfield, Mo., decided to abandon the practice of electing circuit court judges in partisan elections. County voters opted to join the state’s Non-Partisan Merit Selection Court Plan, known as…

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06.11.2008 9:01 pm

Thursday editorial: Keeping judges independent

scomo_opt.jpgThe U.S. Senate this week gave unanimous consent by voice vote to President George W. Bush’s appointment of Missouri Supreme Court Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. to the U.S. District Court for Eastern Missouri.

Given that Senate Democrats and the Republican president have been…

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