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Missouri has lost one of its great judicial minds today with the death of Missouri Supreme Court Judge Richard B. Teitelman.

It was around 10 p.m. on election night when our ACLU of Missouri team started e-mailing one another. We knew that that every issue we work on and every fight we take up was on the line.

State refused to provide information to ACLU and media related to execution witness selection process

Federal judge rules in favor of cumulative voting system for district after ACLU lawsuit

A Missouri court upheld the right to reproductive liberty today in a decision supported by the ACLU of Missouri.

NEW YORK — In response to Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States, ACLU National executive director Anthony D. Romero had the following statement:

We are extremely disappointed that Missourians no longer have their right to vote protected in our state’s constitution. The passage of Amendment 6 is unprecedented as the first effort in the nation to strip a constitutionally protected right to vote from a state constitution.

The ACLU of Missouri wants to thank both St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and St. Louis Alderwoman Megan Green for passing Board of Aldermen Bill 151.

Election Day is in 5 days! Missourians will not only vote for candidates for president, senate, house, and for state offices, but they will also be voting on constitutional amendments, including amendment 6 (the voter photo ID Constitutional Amendment).