By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning,
The Missouri Supreme Court is pressing a Cole County judge to move quickly on a lawsuit challenging Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ decision to block a referendum on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map. The reason is simple: After Sept. 8, courts can no longer add measures to the November ballot.
With both sides preparing for appeals, the courts have just weeks to sort it out. Rudi Keller has the latest.
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by Rudi Keller
With an early September deadline looming for changes to the Missouri ballot, the chief justice asked for “sufficient time for expedited appellate review” of the complex issues.
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by Kelcie Moseley-Morris
The Comstock Act, enacted in 1873, made it illegal to send “obscene material” by mail, including any “article or thing designed, adapted or intended for producing abortion.”
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COMMENTARY
by Patrick Tuohey
If Kansas City didn’t want to be sued, it shouldn’t have waited until after the lawsuit to stop breaking the law.
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