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Missouri Governor Mike Parson pardons gun-wielding lawyer couple

JURIST

Missouri Governor Mike Parson announced on Tuesday that he pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey, a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at peaceful protestors as they marched past their luxury home in St. Mark McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was fined $750. Louis last year.

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Federal appeals court allows Missouri to enforce vegan food label law

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Monday that Missouri is not barred from enforcing a state law that criminalizes misleading advertisements of vegan food products as containing meat.

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US House committee to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas over US-Mexico border management

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The hearing was initiated by House Republicans who accused Mayorkas of failing to follow immigration law and of violating the public trust as border crossings have reached record levels. He blames the high 10,000 border encounters a day as a direct result of Mayorkas’ refusal to enforce the laws of Congress.

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Missouri Court: Mark McCloskey Pardoned But Still Guilty

JonathanTurley

Mark McCloskey later pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors to end the case, but was then granted a pardon. The Missouri Court of Appeals has now prevented that return of the weapons by denying a motion for replevin. As such, the state law on the seizure of the weapons stands. He then sough the return of two firearms.

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Public Defender Shortages Reaching Critical Levels: Report

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What’s more, legal experts say that these shortages have been the operational norm for years across our country as a whole, Law360 reports. . To that end, the reports did not reach conclusions about how many more public defenders were needed in Colorado, Indiana and Missouri, Law360 details. ” New Mexico and Oregon.

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“The First Amendment Does Not Apply”: A Response To The Letter Of Scholars In Rejecting Trump Arguments Under The First Amendment

JonathanTurley

If there is a single line that sums up the sense of legal impunity in the second Trump impeachment, it is that line from a letter sent by law professors to deny any basis for the former president to challenge his impeachment on free speech grounds. Indeed, just two days before the trial, Recently, Missouri Rep.

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St. Louis Can Banish People From Entire Neighborhoods – Police Can Arrest Them if They Come Back

The Crime Report

Louis’ extreme, particularly as a response to petty incidents, according to experts in law enforcement. I think part of the problem is that these legal tools are very much under the radar,” Beckett said. But few have taken the practice to St. When neighborhood orders of protection are employed in St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “I

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