Missouri AG overruled

[essentialsaltes]

Missouri House votes to make it harder to amend constitution, with controversial language reinstated​

The Missouri House on Thursday voted 102-49 to send the legislation back to the Senate after amending it. Now, it must either be approved by the Senate or the two chambers need to work on a compromise resolution.

Filibuster by Missouri Democrats stretches into a second day.​

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A nonstop, overnight filibuster by Democratic lawmakers in the Missouri Senate passed the 24-hour point on Tuesday as they try to reign in a Republican proposal to make it harder to amend the state constitution.

Missouri GOP rethink bill making it harder to change constitution, after record-setting filibuster​

Missouri Senate Democrats ended their 50-hour-long, round-the-clock filibuster after a proposal restricting citizen initiative petitions got sent back to committee. Members of the far-right Freedom Caucus said the decision showed a lack of courage from fellow Republicans.​

 

[essentialsaltes]

Sep 6: A Missouri judge ruled Friday that an abortion rights campaign did not meet legal requirements to qualify its constitutional amendment initiative for the November ballot, potentially thwarting a years-long effort to undo the state’s near-total abortion ban.

Sep 10: Just several hours before ballots were to be finalized, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday afternoon that a measure to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution is specific enough to present to voters in November.

Only days earlier, a lower-court judge had ruled the ballot measure invalid because it does not identify which laws it would repeal.

Sep 16: Missouri Senator Josh Hawley rallied against Amendment 3 at an event earlier this month, falsely connecting the ballot question on abortion access to gender-affirming care for young people.

Sep 30: In September, the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph sent a letter to every household registered with a Catholic parish in the area urging recipients to vote against legalizing abortion in Missouri.

In the letter, Bishop Johnston wrote falsely that any health care professional — including a dental hygienist or pharmacist — could legally perform an abortion.

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft made similar [false] claims in his ballot summary for Amendment 3.

[Ultimately a judge issued alternative ballot summaries removing such false and misleading claims.]

 

[Fantine]

People who see their referendums tossed by biased judges need to realize they need to vote for people who respect democracy. The people currently in office don't represent them.

 

[rambot]

A position SO RIGHTEOUS you have to lie to convince people you're right.

 

[RileyG]

I live in Missouri and I pray that I am among the majority in the state who are pro-life and anti-abortion.

My prayers are with you from your fellow neighbor. I don’t live too far from the border, but never been there.

 

[KCfromNC]

Sep 30: In September, the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph sent a letter to every household registered with a Catholic parish in the area urging recipients to vote against legalizing abortion in Missouri.

Shouldn't this impact their tax-exempt status?

 

[essentialsaltes]

Shouldn't this impact their tax-exempt status?

"Religious institutions are allowed to urge their congregations to vote for or against a ballot initiative. Endorsing a specific candidate, however, puts the organization at risk to lose its tax-exempt status with the IRS."

 

[RileyG]

Shouldn't this impact their tax-exempt status?

Absolutely not.

It’s what the Church teaches that is non-negotiable.

Nice try, though.

 

[RileyG]

"Religious institutions are allowed to urge their congregations to vote for or against a ballot initiative. Endorsing a specific candidate, however, puts the organization at risk to lose its tax-exempt status with the IRS."

My parish did the same thing last weekend.

I’m happy they’re speaking out against legalized abortion and for the rights of life.

Blessings

 

[rambot]

I wonder how many mailers go out to encourage people to become foster parents.

 

[Fantine]

Pope Francis found serious faults with both candidates and urged people to vote their consciences and this is how it should be.

 

[RileyG]

Pope Francis found serious faults with both candidates and urged people to vote their consciences and this is how it should be.

Amen!

 

[RileyG]

I wonder how many mailers go out to encourage people to become foster parents.

Such as saintly women like Michele Bachman or Amy Coney Barrett?