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UPDATED: ShowMe Better Courts wins restraining order against pro-court plan group
A St. Charles County judge has granted a temporary restraining order for a group pushing a ballot measure to return to judicial elections across Missouri. ShowMe Better Courts, led by James Harris, filed suit in St. Charles County yesterday seeking a temporary restraining order. The group claims that supporters of the current method of judicial [...]
Continue reading...Better Courts can intervene in ballot challenge
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
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A Cole County judge allowed attorneys for a proponent of direct judicial elections to intervene in a lawsuit over an initiative petition’s ballot language. Last year, James Harris submitted a constitutional amendment for circulation to put judges chosen under the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan up for elections. Opponents of the measure sued, citing problems with [...]
Continue reading...Better Courts steps into court plan legal challenge
Thursday, December 31, 2009
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It turns out those opposed to changing judicial selection aren’t the only ones who can tap well-known legal names in Missouri. James Harris leads an organization that wants to change the way Missouri chooses its judges. But supporters of the current system have filed legal challenges to the state-approved ballot summaries, so they’re tied up [...]
Continue reading...Court plan repeal effort challenged in court
Monday, November 23, 2009
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In the fight over Missouri’s method of selecting judges, history tends to repeat itself very quickly. Late last week, attorneys filed two legal challenges to a proposed constitutional initiative petition that would repeal the state’s Nonpartisan Court Plan. The proposal, by activist James Harris, would require the state’s appellate court and metropolitan-area circuit court judges [...]
Continue reading...Court plan amendment gets green light
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
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Supporters of changing the way Missouri chooses its judges have cleared an important hurdle to put the idea before voters. The secretary of state’s office today announced the proposed initiative petition submitted by James Harris has been approved to begin seeking voter signatures. His proposed amendment would take Missouri close to the federal system, where [...]
Continue reading...Better Courts resubmits ballot initiative
Monday, August 10, 2009
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A group seeking to do away with Missouri’s Nonpartisan Court Plan has resubmitted its ballot initiative to the Secretary of State’s Office. Better Courts for Missouri announced the filing of its initiative on July 22 but withdrew it shortly after, saying it wanted to correct technical flaws. The group’s head, James Harris, said Monday that [...]
Continue reading...Supporter of revamping judicial selection proposes language to state office
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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A group pushing for changes in how Missouri selects its judges is offering a little advice to Secretary of State Robin Carnahan. The campaign organization led by James Harris and calling itself ShowMe Better Courts sent her office a letter today with a proposed ballot summary statement. He submitted a proposed constitutional amendment last week [...]
Continue reading...UPDATED: Ballot initiative seeks to replace Missouri Plan
Monday, July 13, 2009
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A group that has long sought to change Missouri’s Nonpartisan Court Plan in the Legislature now trying a new tactic – going directly to the voters. Better Courts for Missouri said this morning that it has filed an initiative petition that would replace the Missouri Plan with one modeled after the federal system. (Click here [...]
Continue reading...Better Courts looks at bigger changes
Thursday, June 4, 2009
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The leader of a group pushing to change Missouri’s process for selecting judges warns that more drastic plans could be coming down the pipe. James Harris, head of Better Courts for Missouri, spoke today at the Conservative Heartland Leadership Conference in St. Louis. He was part of a panel discussing how judges for state high courts [...]
Continue reading...Supreme Court studying open records request
Friday, April 3, 2009
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The Supreme Court clerk has sent a formal written response to a group seeking communications through the state’s Sunshine Law, but offered no indication of whether it will comply. James Harris, director of Better Courts for Missouri, sent a request earlier this week to Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith, Clerk Tom Simon and others. He’s [...]
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