Elections, Missouri
Conservative advocacy group applauds voter ID and redistricting rules, rebukes voter registration decisionA Missouri political advocacy organization is praising recent rulings from the Missouri Supreme Court that uphold the state legislature’s authority to enact a new congressional redistricting map and preserve the… Read More
Elections, Missouri
Another ‘huge win’ for the “Missouri FIRST Map,” State Supreme Court rules it constitutionalMissouri’s highest court has cemented the state’s new mid-decade redistricting map by ruling it entirely constitutional. The 4-3 ruling in Luther v. Hoskins… Read More
Gender Identity
Missouri Supreme Court rejects transgender student’s discrimination claim against school district(The Heartlander) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a transgender student’s claim against a school district for denying the student access to single-sex facilities. The student, identified as… Read More
Abortion, Missouri
Missouri Supreme Court puts abortion amendment back on November ballot(The Center Square) – The Missouri Supreme Court reversed a circuit court ruling and ordered Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft to put Amendment 3, an abortion rights initiative, on… Read More
Missouri
Missouri Supreme Court orders new election on measure ending KC ‘defund the police’(The Center Square) – Voters will once again decide on a constitutional amendment to increase minimum funding for Kansas City’s police department after the Missouri Supreme Court set aside a… Read More
Missouri Legislature
Missouri Supreme Court upholds state Senate district maps that a House Republican PAC had strangely opposedNew Missouri Senate districts were handily approved by the state Supreme Court Wednesday, even after a bizarre legal challenge to them by the former director of the House… Read More
Courts, Missouri
Gov. Parson’s third Missouri Supreme Court appointment creates female majority(The Center Square) – Missouri's Supreme Court will soon have a female majority as Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Monday announced Ginger Gooch would replace retiring Judge Patricia Breckenridge. Gooch,… Read More
Missouri
Historic slate of Missouri Supreme Court nominees approved, sent to Gov. Mike ParsonThree Missouri appeals court judges have been nominated for a state Supreme Court seat – including one who made history with her appointment only last year, and would… Read More
Crime
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner reprimanded by Missouri Supreme Court, continuing her office’s faulty recordST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Missouri Supreme Court this week reprimanded St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner for ethical violations stemming from her attempted prosecution of former Missouri… Read More
Courts
Missouri Supreme Court reprimands St. Louis Circuit Attorney over Greitens case(The Center Square) – The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed with a three-person disciplinary panel and publicly reprimanded St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner for ethical violations. Read More
State Government
Missouri Supreme Court issues 10 decisionsThe Missouri Supreme Court issued 10 decisions on April 26, 2022. This is the most decisions issued on a single day by the Missouri Supreme Court in 2022. Car Credit,… Read More
State Government
The Missouri Supreme Court issued two decisionsThe Missouri Supreme Court has issued two decisions in April 2022 so far. State of Missouri vs. Shawn W. Yount was argued on Feb. 1, 2022, and the opinion was issued… Read More
State Government
$3 court surcharge for sheriff’s retirement system ruled unconstitutional by Supreme Court, possibly returning millions to Missourians(The Center Square) – A lawsuit over a $3 surcharge on a speeding ticket might mean hundreds of thousands who also paid the fee can reclaim millions after the Missouri… Read More