3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1421+ words) Secretary of State Denny Hoskins speaks with reporters in the Missouri Supreme Court Building on Thursday (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent).The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday found Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt for directing local election officials to…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (685+ words) All 47 members of the U.S. Senate Democratic Caucus, 199 current House Democrats and 15 former House Republicans signed the friend-of-the-court brief opposing President Donald Trump’s policy to add several requirements to mail ballots. The U.S. Constitution “is unambiguous” in empowering states to run…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (543+ words) D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman raised concerns about President Donald Trump’s public pressure campaign on the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, following a quiet earlier move by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to dismiss the charges. Trump,…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1256+ words) Had Clark not acted, Kavanaugh’s denial would have left the state court order in place and Missouri on course to use the 2022 map for the November election. The dueling orders created immediate confusion, with Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issuing a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (711+ words) Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Powell (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).Judges of the Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday repeatedly pressed attorneys defending Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to explain why voters should not see a referendum on congressional redistricting…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (796+ words) In an opinion from the conservative super-majority, the justices wrote that historic preservationists who sued to stop the project likely do not have standing and that the administration would be irreparably harmed by halting the construction. National security officials, including…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (495+ words) The 14-day order published Aug. 27 was not appealable, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani wrote in a brief order Monday. But even if the order could be appealed, the administration would lose on the merits, Talwani wrote. “It is likely that the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1771+ words) Then he threatened a cashier and swiped a handful of cigarette lighters in Kansas City in 2021. Landing at the Clay County jail, Louis became angry and afraid, questioning why he was being held. To the detention officers, he just didn’t…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (701+ words) A 95-page notice alerting that the final rule would appear in the Federal Register on Aug. 26 outlined justifications for federal requirements on states to redesign ballot envelopes and provide a list of recipient names and addresses to USPS. The final…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (390+ words) The one-page order from Chief Justice John Roberts allows the justices more time to consider the legal arguments as to whether the president can continue with construction. The National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States, a nonprofit Congress…...