US EditionMissouri Supreme Court strikes down law on ballot title cases, special appeal power for AG
The court ruled SB 22 unlawfully altered legislative intent by restricting judicial review and granting the attorney general appeal powers, impacting ballot measure processes.
- On Friday, the Missouri Supreme Court unanimously struck down SB 22, with Chief Justice W. Brent Powell ruling it violated the Missouri Constitution by changing the bill’s original purpose.
- Passed last year, SB 22 revised five state law sections to shift ballot-summary revisions from courts to Secretary of State Denny Hoskins and gave the Attorney General appeal power.
- The court noted that the attorney general used the new authority to file appeals, generating state expenditures that would not have occurred absent the law, Freedlund argued.
- By throwing out SB 22, the court puts revisions to a referendum on redistricting into Cole County Circuit Judge Brian Stumpe’s hands and removes the attorney general’s special appeal power.
- SB 22 had been used last year in challenges to the proposal to reinstate Missouri's near-total abortion ban, and advocacy groups like Planned Parenthood and the ACLU of Missouri continue suing over access after the 2024 abortion-rights amendment.
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Red state court kills Republican law undermining ballot measures
The Missouri Supreme Court on Friday unanimously struck down a state law deployed by Republicans to tamper with or adjust ballot measures to mislead voters.The Kansas City Star reports the law, which critics called the “Let Politicians Lie Act,” provided the Republican Missouri Secretary of State’s Office and the GOP Attorney General’s Office powers to meddle with the language of ballot measures with which they disagree. Over the last year, the …
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Missouri Supreme Court strikes down law on ballot title cases, special appeal power for AG
The Missouri Supreme Court on Friday threw out a law passed last year that was designed to keep politicians in control of writing ballot summaries and give the attorney general extraordinary appeal power. The bill was changed too much during…
Missouri Supreme Court strikes down law on ballot language and attorney general's special powers
Missouri Republican lawmakers pushed through the bill last year in response to the campaign for an abortion rights amendment, and to protect against lawsuits over abortion restrictions still on the books.
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