Last week, state Sen. Charlie Shields called Missouri Supreme Court Justice Laura Denvir Stith before the Senate Rules Committee to answer serious questions. The St. Joseph Republican took this unprecedented step in response to equally unprecedented allegations that the Appellate Judicial Commission – chaired by Stith – had engaged in secrecy and backroom dealings in [...]

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There are two definitions of insanity: 1.) Doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results. 2.) Repeating a lie over and over to yourself until you start to actually believe it’s true. It seems our friends over at Blog CCP are suffering from the second definition. Ok, we’ll bite and double [...]

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Judge Stith just admitted yesterday before the Senate Rules Committee that the Missouri Supreme Court and the Appellate Judicial Commission violated its own rule which it claims excepts it from the Sunshine Law. Judge Stith stated that the confidential list of applicants for the Missouri Supreme Court was “shared with other judges” who were not [...]

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The below excerpt from an excellent treatise, reveals the liberal bias demonstrated by Chief Justice Laura Stith and her Appellate Judicial Commission this past summer. Furthermore, the information exposes that none of the three candidates subscribe to the philosophy of judicial restraint. Lastly, it features some interesting details regarding potential legal challenges to the Missouri [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: (573) 636-6060 August 23, 2007 (Jefferson City) – The non-partisan, not-for-profit Adam Smith Foundation announced today that it has re-launched their recent radio ads and is intensifying its efforts to remove partisanship and corruption from Missouri’s judicial selection process. The Appellate Judicial Commission still has not answered serious questions regarding their [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: (573) 636-6060 August 15, 2007             (Listen to the ad) here (Jefferson City) – The non-partisan, not-for-profit Adam Smith Foundation announced today that it had begun airing radio ads to intensify its efforts to remove partisanship from Missouri’s judicial selection process. The ads come as Judge Laura Stith and the Appellate Judicial [...]

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