Monthly Archives: August 2015

Adoption of Constitutional Amendment did not Change Existing Law

Surprise!  It is hard to imagine that Missouri voters would be asked to adopt a constitutional amendment in August 2014, to protect the right to keep and bear arms that did not change the Missouri Constitution. This is exactly what … Continue reading

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Missouri Supreme Court Lays Waste to the Constitutional Amendment Guaranteeing the Right to Farm

The hopes of the Missouri Farm Bureau,  that the constitutional Amendment, guaranteeing the right to engage in farming and ranching, would be interpreted broadly were dashed by the  Missouri Supreme Court in its recent decision in Shoemyer v. Kander. The  Court’s statement … Continue reading

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