“If America’s founding documents — gifts to governance writ large — could be improved, then the Missouri Plan — Missouri’s gift to American governance — can also be improved.” JEFFERSON CITY – Better Courts for Missouri Executive Director Jonathan Bunch today confirmed that the Better Courts Coalition had filed an initiative petition to modernize the […]

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Gavel Grab — the blog run by the George Soros outfit created to oppose changes to the Missouri Plan — has taken aim at the latest reform bill filed by Representative Juanita Head Walton, Minority Whip Connie Johnson and several other legislators from the St. Louis area. The best criticism “Jesse Rutledge” can come up […]

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Judge Patricia Cohen sought to delay an announcement to the Governor and public regarding a recent court vacancy. Being a first year law student at Tulane, I’ve taken a keen interest in the current debate regarding the so called “Missouri Plan” and it’s obvious need for reform. Of course, the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys […]

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Better Courts for Missouri Coalition leaders are planning a press conference today to respond to Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith’s State of the Judiciary speech. The “Real State of the Judiciary” response will be held at the Missouri State Capitol – In front of William Clark statue – @ 11:30 A.M. CT – Tuesday, February […]

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A small group of individuals, hiding behind the name, Better Courts for Missouri, claim to be a “coalition of Missourians from all walks of life.” As with the Adam Smith Foundation, there is no evidence of members of this so-called coalition or who is affiliated with the organization. Anyone can put up a website and […]

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A new organization named Better Courts for Missouri will be holding a news conference tomorrow at 9:00 AM on the steps of the Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City. According to a release sent to MOPNS, the new coalition is “seeking transparency in the process for selecting judges and public accountability for those who nominate […]

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In the first “Missouri Viewpoints” interview of the year, State Senator Jolie Justus discusses some of the most important issues facing Missourians in 2008. Justus represents Missouri’’s Tenth District, which includes a large part of Kansas City and all of Grandview. The first-term Senator from Kansas City renews her call for universal health care in […]

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The Wall Street Journal recently weighed in on Missouri’s supposedly “non-partisan” plan for appointing judges. Not surprisingly, the paper found a myriad of defects in the current plan. What was most interesting about the op-ed, however, was that it proved once and for all that Chip Robertson and his merry band of defenders of the […]

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The Blunt Administration announced Wednesday the appointment of Alok Ahuja of Lee’s Summit to replace former appeals Judge Patricia Breckenridge. As our informed readers already know, Breckenridge was recently appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Ronnie White. Ordinarily, this routine appointment is something we probably would […]

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Last week, a new poll was released by Justice at Stake, Missourians for Fair and Impartial Courts, and the Missouri Institute for Justice which purportedly showed that 71% of Missourians support our current system for choosing many of our state’s judges. The results of this poll are the exact opposite of what a recent poll […]

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