Private School Choice and the Turner Decision
It is serendipitous that the Missouri Legislature has gone back to work this month, just in time for the kick-off...
Clumsily Lurching Towards Comprehensive School Choice In Missouri?
The Kansas City Star has reported a delay in the lawsuit between five suburban school districts and the Kansas City...
Sometimes Old Law Is Good Law
I once drafted a legal brief for the dismissal of a lawsuit. While the legal arguments were nuanced, the crux...
Missouri’s Licensing Boards: Killing Jobs Every Day
Decades ago, only doctors, lawyers, and accountants were required to get a license from the state before they could lawfully...
Funny You Should Mention It …
On July 31, the Post-Dispatch ran the following letter I had written to the editor: Society makes a promise to...
Police Power and Public Finance: How A Proposed Local Government Mandate Will Trash St. Louisans’ Pocketbooks
The city of St. Louis is debating a local legislative proposal that will, for the first time, impose a mandatory...
Missouri Again Leads the Way on Occupational Licensing (In a Good Way)
Combest this morning linked to a story in the Post-Dispatch about the decision by the Missouri Supreme Court to adopt...
A Victory for Doctors and Patients Alike
Last week, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled on the case Klotz v. Shapiro, which challenged the 2005 tort reform legislation...
Judge Suggests That Missouri Should Be Run Like a Business
Last week, Judge William Price, the chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court, delivered the State of the Judiciary address....
A Tale of Two Courts
Barbara Geisman, an aide to Saint Louis Mayor Francis Slay has questioned whether the city needs a drug court and...
SMI Releases New Study of Eminent Domain
On Tuesday, Sept. 15, the Show-Me Institute released a new study: “Gradual and Silent Erosions: How the Missouri Supreme Court...
Collective Bargaining Under the Missouri Constitution
As the Springfield News-Leader reports, Judge Michael Cordonnier of the Greene County Circuit Court handed down a very important decision...
More on the Education Funding Lawsuit
As Sarah has already noted, the Missouri Supreme Court yesterday brought an end to the lawsuit in which half of...
Going Above and Beyond
The St. Louis Beacon has a recent report about the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision that the state’s education funding formula...
Nursing Favoritism
Combest pointed out this morning that the Post-Dispatch has run an article about the state auditor’s concern about the city...
Development Without Eminent Domain
The Post-Dispatch ran an article today discussing the construction of Centene’s new headquarters building here in Clayton. As the article...
No Sure Things Except Death and Zoning
There is some good stuff in the Columbia Daily Tribune today. First, there is a very interesting article about the...
I’ve Got Some Speech for You
The city of St. Louis is continuing its war against citizens’ right to express themselves. Having already told Jim Roos...
Freedom Requires Secure Property Rights
Slowly, yet surely, Missourians have given away a significant aspect of their freedom during the last one hundred years. In...
Doctors Still Want to Treat Us Like Children
Dr. Philip Anderson, Dean of the St. Louis University School of Medicine, calls for tuition assistance for students studying to...
