Freedom Center Files Briefs In Support of Missourians’ Right of Self-Defense
A little more than one year ago more than sixty percent of Missouri voters approved an amendment to Article I, section 23 of the state constitution–but it remains to be seen if this state’s courts will...
View ArticleVICTORY: Missouri Court of Appeals Rules Challenge to Turf Grass Mandate May...
On January 12, 2016, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, issued an opinion ruling that the St. Charles County Circuit Court should not have dismissed Carl and Janice Duffner’s challenge to...
View ArticleVICTORY: St. Louis County Can No Longer Ban Minor Parties, Independent...
St. Louis County officials may no longer ban minor parties and independent candidates from special election ballots. In an important victory for voters and candidates dissatisfied with the two major...
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PRESS RELEASE: Missouri Supreme Court Defies Voters, Effectively Nullifies...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 9, 2016 CONTACT: Dave Roland Missouri Supreme Court Defies Voters, Rules Amendment 5 “Worked No Substantial Change” in Missouri Constitution Mexico, Missouri—By a...
View ArticleTo Fix a Broken Standard
Missouri is facing an unusual problem. On the one hand, the state supreme court has held that laws affecting fundamental rights must be reviewed under the “strict scrutiny” standard. Ordinarily this...
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PRESS RELEASE: Protecting the Right to Protest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 8, 2016 CONTACT: Dave Roland PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO PROTEST: Candidate Challenges Laws That Keep Political Protesters Off Election Ballots Mexico, Missouri—In 1999...
View ArticleMissouri Supreme Court: Voters’ Rights Not Burdened By Limiting Their Choice...
In a sharply divided 4-3 opinion the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that the only choice listed on the ballot for voters in the State House District 76 will be their incumbent State Representative,...
View ArticleFederal Judge: Fourth Amendment Does Not Protect Drivers From Suspicionless...
On July 28, 2016, Judge Stephen Limbaugh ruled that the Fourth Amendment does not prevent Missouri Highway Patrol officers from pulling over any vehicle, at any time, and at any place in the state,...
View ArticleAppellate Brief Filed To End Suspicionless Vehicle Stops
Today the Freedom Center filed a brief at the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in our Suspicionless Stops case. The judgment we are appealing ruled that because professional commercial truckers are...
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Blooming Ridiculous, Phase Three: The Duffners’ Challenge to the Turf Grass...
On Monday December 19, 2016, the Freedom Center of Missouri began Round Three of its battle to end the unconstitutional Turf Grass Mandate in the City of St. Peters, re-filing the case in federal...
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Merry Christmas From the Freedom Center of Missouri
Dear Friend of the Freedom Center, Christmas is just days away, and here at the Freedom Center we are eager to celebrate the birth of Jesus and the promise of love, peace, and redemption that He...
View ArticleGood News for Government Transparency!
Last year the Freedom Center of Missouri expanded its mission to include not only constitutional litigation, but also litigation under this state’s Sunshine Law, which guarantees citizens the right to...
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Briefing Completed in Suspicionless Stops Appeal
Several months ago the Freedom Center began its appeal in our Suspicionless Stops case, in which we are challenging a state law that allows certain law enforcement officials to randomly stop almost...
View ArticleCole County Judge To Hear Government Transparency Case
As we recently announced, the Freedom Center is taking on a number of cases aimed at ensuring that government entities in Missouri remain transparent and accountable to the people. On March 10, 2017,...
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The Freedom Center Is Swinging For The Fences!
Dear Friend of the Freedom Center, As I write this I am both exhausted and exhilarated. Last Thursday Ron Calzone and I were at the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis, where the Freedom...
View ArticleDave Discusses Most Important Religious Liberty Case in a Generation
In just a few weeks the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hand down a decision in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer, the most important religious liberty case it has considered in nearly three decades –...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Rules That First Amendment Prohibits State Constitutions...
In a landmark 7-2 decision, the United States Supreme Court has ruled in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment forbids states to categorically exclude...
View ArticleExtended Thoughts on the Police Officer’s Suit Against Black Lives Matter
Last week a Baton Rouge police officer wounded in an ambush that killed three officers and wounded two others filed a lawsuit, Officer John Doe Smith v. Black Lives Matter, et al., claiming that Black...
View ArticleIf You’re Just Learning About the Freedom Center
Recent publicity has resulted in a spike in the number of people trying to learn about the Freedom Center of Missouri and the work that we do. If you’re one of the folks just now hearing about our...
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Come Hear Scott Bullock, President of the Institute for Justice, In Kansas City
The Freedom Center is proud to announce that our friend, nationally-renowned public interest attorney Scott Bullock, will be coming to Missouri to explain the power of public interest litigation. At...
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