There is a movement among some who serve in the Missouri legislature to alter the Nonpartisan Court Plan by which judges are selected. House Joint Resolution 10, which passed out of the House last week on its way to the Senate, seeks to cripple the independence of the judiciary by conveying a disproportionate amount of political power to the office of the governor.
LETTER: Resolution would diminish judiciary independence
Monday, April 13, 2009 | 10:49 a.m. CDT
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