Too bad Missourians won’t strike down the Republican party. I guarantee you they will continue to do stupid shit.
We tried passing a law to get rid of them, but they just changed the law so they didn’t have to redistrict.
So then we passed an amendment, and they just ignored that.
Yes, but that’s largely because Democrats don’t run statewide. Republicans run for every seat across the state and often win un opposed. So despite the state pushing for and voting for reasonable things. There’s always evil toadies to undo it. Because far too much of the state will never learn.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
(AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a law that threatened homeless people with jail time for sleeping on state land.
The judges’ ruling means unhoused people no longer face up to 15 days in jail and a $500 fine after an initial warning for sleeping on state land without permission, and vaccine mandates for public workers now are allowed in Missouri.
The law, enacted in 2022, also had prohibited state funding from being used for permanent housing for homeless people, instead directing it toward temporary shelters and assistance with substance use and mental health treatment.
Records obtained by The AP show attempts to clear homeless encampments increased in cities from Los Angeles to New York as public pressure grew to address what some residents say are dangerous and unsanitary living conditions.
In March, bulldozers took down what was left of a once-busy homeless encampment along the Mississippi River and near the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, ending nearly a year of debate over what to do about it.
Supreme Court judges ruled against the Missouri law without discussing the potential impact of the homelessness policy, instead focusing on whether that issue fits under the bill’s subject: political subdivisions.
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Striking down a law against homelessness: outstanding.
Striking down a law against vaccine mandate (edit) BANS: ~as someone who’s immunocompromised, fuck you with every fiber of my being, Missouri Supreme Court. Stop politicizing public fucking health.~ I had it backwards. I am sorry. Also good job on striking down the BAN on vaccine mandates.
My apologies - I had the vaccine ruling inverted. That topic triggers me a bit since I and my mother both have to deal with that shit personally.
I think you have the vaccine part backwards?
In this case, the sweeping 64-page bill also dealt with city and county governance and banned COVID-19 vaccine requirements for public workers in Missouri.
The court struck down the law that banned mandates.
You are 100% right; I have made edits to my previous comment to reflect that. That’s what I get for reacting to a headline instead of reading the damn article lol
