🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Paul Weiss is the Marco Rubio of law firms.

“Clients have the right to access their lawyer without interference by the government. Lawyers must be free to represent clients and perform their ethical duty without fear of retribution.”

www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

Imagine waiting 6 years to get a judgment in a custody case

A Missouri judge on Friday struck down a licensing requirement for abortion clinics that providers argued was a key obstacle to renewing access to the procedure across the state. #moleg #mogov via @jasonhancock.bsky.social

Some interesting changes take effect Wednesday affecting the expungement process for criminal records in Missouri.
www.kfvs12.com/2024/12/30/n...

The Attorney General’s Office did not violate the Missouri Sunshine Law when it refused to turn over records showing how it fulfilled a request, the Western District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

Lots of issues to sort out!
Congress never put a ratification deadline in the text of the proposed amendment.

Also 6 states “rescinded” their ratification.

Last year, the ABA stated deadlines and rescinding are not part of the Constitutional process.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equalit...

(Reuters) - Fox Corp, the parent of Fox News Network, failed to convince a New York state appeals court to dismiss a defamation claim in electronic voting systems company Smartmatic's $2.7 billion lawsuit over the network's 2020 post-election coverage.

www.reuters.com/legal/fox-mu...

Judge sides with Missouri journalists, lawyers in fight against sweeping court redactions www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

Rare good effort by Missouri Governor Parson.

If you haven’t read about Celia, I heartily recommend Celia, a Slave by Melton A. McLaurin

The trial court's ruling on Amendment 3 and the impact it will have on Missouri's extreme abortion ban is somewhat complicated.

Although Missouri's abortion bans are paused, effectively, facilities in Missouri cannot yet perform abortions.

Here's what's happening:

@mjsdc.bsky.social on the poison pill in attacks on gender affirming care. slate.com/news-and-pol...

As I predicted, Missouri's AG has completely reversed his interpretation of what the Amendment legalizing abortion does now that it is law. The pro-A3 campaign had to sue twice to get rid of inflammatory ballot language claiming abortion would be completely unregulated and dangerous...

NEW: In a win for voters, Missouri court blocks parts of a state law that criminalized voter engagement activities and the distribution of absentee ballot applications. Pro-voting groups argued the law was unconstitutional.

A Missouri judge upheld the state's strict voter ID law that imposes new photo ID requirements for in-person voting and eliminates previously valid forms of voter ID, including voter registration cards and student IDs.