Representative Stanley Cox, of Photo Voter fame has introduced another Constitutional Amendment, House Joint Resolution 10, to weaken the Non-Partisan Court Plan (often called the Missouri Plan). Perhaps he hopes that Democrats are as mindlessly partisan as he is and that with a Democratic Governor he'll get more Democratic votes this yearMissouri was the first state to adopt the Non-Partisan Court Plan in 1940 due to the incredible influence that Tom Pendergast had over elections throughout our fair state. Our court plan has been so popular that 12 other states have now followed Missouri’s lead in adopting it.
Since the really corrupt party bosses are now all Republicans, they’re fighting to re-partisan the Missouri Courts.
Last session, Representative Beth Low fought the resolution in committee and it died a painful death early in the session in a bipartisan House vote. Hopefully it will suffer a similar demise this year.
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HJR 10 was heard in the House General Laws Committee yesterday. Evidently the opposition was overwhelming, even to supporters of more partisan courts.
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