For nearly three decades I have been a volunteer constitutional conservative, small-government, free-market watchdog at the Missouri Capitol, and in all that time I have never seen the level of abuse of power I witnessed during the two special sessions the governor called this summer. Last week the Missouri Senate rammed two monumental and controversial bills through without allowing an opportunity for any real deliberation.
Look up “gerrymander” in the dictionary. I did. It is the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries to advantage a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency.
This column departs from my normal subject of Missouri statehouse issues. It reflects my concern that Donald Trump’s actions against foreign students could obstruct educational opportunities for students to better understand what is so special about journalism in the U.S.
One person, one vote. That’s been the law of the land, thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court decision, for more than 60 years.
Five weeks ago in this space, we wondered if Missouri Republicans had any backbone at all and could say no to the whims of Donald Trump, no matter the cost to their constituents.
in 2015, the Supreme Court decided Obergefell v. Hodges, a 5-4 ruling, in which the court held that the Fourteenth Amendment's due process and equal protection clauses guarantee same-sex couples the fundamental right to marry, making marriage equality the law of the land.