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Missouri Voters Sue to Suspend Implementation of New Congressional Map Until Referendum Process is Complete

“By attempting to enact the new maps despite receiving more than 305,000 signatures from Missouri voters demanding a referendum, the Secretary of State is denying a longstanding tradition, judicial precedent, and our constitutional rights. For more than a century, the courts have upheld Missourians’ constitutional right to referendum, and we ask the courts to do the same with House Bill 1.”
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Appellate Court Rules Ballot Language for Anti-Abortion Measure Insufficient; Issues New Language

“ This amendment 3 not only imposes strict bans on health care for Missourians but allows the anti-abortion politicians to impose similar restrictions on abortion that prevented access to care.”
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Advocates Sue Missouri Department of Mental Health for Failing to Treat Pretrial Detainees Living with Mental Illness and Disabilities

The current status quo leaves some people who experience mental illness or disabilities trapped in judicial limbo and languishing in jail while the state fails to provide the necessary care to allow the detained person to advance through the judicial system.
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Judge Declares Government Censorship Law that Caused Hundreds of Book Removals from Libraries in Missouri Unconstitutional; Permanently Enjoins SB775

"The court saw Senate Bill 775 for what it is, an unconstitutional censorship law that used the threat of fines and imprisonment to eliminate the guidance of professional librarians and parents and instead gave control over what our students in both public and private schools read to politicians in Jefferson City."