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Non-Compact, Gerrymandered Congressional Districts Upheld by Missouri Court

“We respectfully disagree with the trial court’s ruling, which misapplied the law and overlooked overwhelming evidence that the state’s unprecedented mid-decade congressional map violates the Missouri Constitution’s compactness requirement."
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Advocates Seek Preliminary Injunction to Order DMH to Remedy Harms Caused by Egregious Competency Waitlist

In some instances, people are unconstitutionally held in a detention center while waiting to receive treatment for a longer period of time than the maximum sentence available for the crimes alleged. The court must intervene and order DMH to remedy this crisis.
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Civil Rights Groups Defend Constitutional Census in Missouri Challenge

“We are intervening in this case to defend a bedrock constitutional principle: everyone counts. Past attempts to rig the census at the expense of immigrants and communities of color have been struck down, and the court should do the same here.”
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Missouri Supreme Court Refuses to Block Transgender Health Care Ban

The decision not only allows the state to target transgender Missourians access to health care but also leaves everyone's health care options at the whims of politicians, should the care you depend on ever fall into the political arena.