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Entries Tagged as 'MO Supreme Court'

Post-Dispatch Doesn’t Believe in Free Speech, Continues to Support Secretive Judicial Selection Process

January 26th, 2010 · No Comments

The Post-Dispatch will serve no party but the people; be no organ of Republicanism, but the organ of truth; will follow no causes bit its conclusions; will not support the Administration, but criticize it; will oppose all frauds and shams wherever or whatever they are; will advocate principles and ideas rather than prejudices and partisanship. […]

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Part 3: K.C. Star Lacks Integrity, Few Are Surprised

October 26th, 2009 · No Comments

The K.C. Star & Selective Reporting
Part Two: K.C. Star Biased?
In a recent piece of “investigative journalism,” the Kansas City Star manufactured a corruption story featuring Rod Jetton, former Speaker of the Missouri House. While it very well may be true that Jetton had issues, The Star clearly invented the “facts” they presented to […]

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Initiative Petitions – An Important Part of a Vibrant Democracy

October 13th, 2009 · No Comments

The Jefferson City News Tribune’s recent editorial that alleges misuse of ballot initiatives is not only wrong, it demonstrates a complete lack of understanding about the way state government works. Their charge that there are too many initiatives misses the mark entirely, as they use the federal constitution’s relative stability as a benchmark. […]

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Is the Post-Dispatch on the Take from Trial Attorneys?

September 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Post Dispatch continues to advocate for the preservation of smoky, behind closed door MATA meetings to choose our judges.
For the second time in less than a month, the liberal St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote an editorial praising the lawyer-controlled Missouri Plan and attacked reformers. Only one of three possibilities could make the Post-Dispatch write a […]

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch Proves to be in the Pocket of Liberal Lawyers

September 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Post Dispatch advocates the preservation of smoky, behind closed door MATA meetings to choose our judges.
 ”Always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers…always be drastically independent.” - Taken from the STL Post Dispatch’s platform
 
The liberal St. Louis Post-Dispatch had another one of their famous […]

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Initiative Petition Planned to Scrap Missouri Plan

July 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Now that there is an effort underway to replace the Missouri Plan with the federal model for choosing judges, will we see a resurrection of this group?

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