Plaintiff appealed from the adverse judgment in her petition for relief to challenge the official ballot title for a proposed constitutional amendment by initiative petition. Plaintiff challenged the language of the Secretary of State’s summary statements for the initiative petitions ...

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Missouri’s recent constitutional amendment on redistricting serves as an unusual example in a pending U.S. Supreme Court case on partisan gerrymandering. The high court is set to hear two cases on March 26 that could determine how much partisan consideration ...

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State ex rel. Kendrick Tipler v. Gardner (MLW No. 70130/Case No. SC95655 – 11 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Wilson, J.; Breckenridge, C.J., Fischer, Stith, Draper and Russell, JJ., concur)

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Boeving v. Secretary of State (MLW No. 69730/Case No. SC95924 – 26 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Wilson, J.; Breckenridge, C.J., Fischer, Draper, Teitelman and Russell, JJ., and Dowd, Sp.J., concur. Stith, J., not participating)

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The Nov. 4 ballot contains a proposed state constitutional amendment that could make it easier to admit evidence of prior sex crimes — even unproven ones — to support abuse allegations against child victims.

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This year’s battle over the Nonpartisan Court Plan is under way.

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This year’s battle over the Nonpartisan Court Plan is under way.

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A Missouri House committee has approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would alter the Nonpartisan Court Plan. The vote today by the House Special Standing Committee on General Laws sends the proposal to a rules committee, which will decide if ...

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