Missouri Republicans are advocating for a change in the selection process of top judges due to their frustration with court losses.

NEW: For 86 years, Missouri has held on to a nonpartisan system of selecting its top judges. But after the state Supreme Court overruled a gerrymandering attempt by the GOP, some Republican lawmakers are calling for the system to be overturned. https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-plan-judge-selection-republican-attacks?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post #News #Missouri #GOP #Republicans #Law #Courts #Legal #USPolitics

Frustrated by Losses in the Courts, Missouri Republicans Want to Change How Top Judges Are Selected (Jeremy Kohler/ProPublica) https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-plan-judge-selection-republican-attacks http://www.memeorandum.com/261015/p98#a261015p98

Frustrated by Losses in the Courts, #Missouri #Republicans Want to Change How Top Judges Are Selected Some 86 years ago, Missouri #voters enshrined a system for selecting top #judges that would remove #political influence from the courts. And almost immediately, it came under attack. https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-plan-judge-selection-republican-attacks

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