Better Courts for Missouri

Welcome
Welcome to Better Courts for Missouri. We are a coalition of Missourians from all walks of life, dedicated to fixing the method by which Missouri judges are selected. The judges on our highest courts make decisions that profoundly affect every Missourian. Everything from jobs and wages to health care and family values are affected by the powerful judges on those courts. That is why we are dedicated to ensuring that openness, accountability, independence, and excellence are represented in the Missouri Court Plan for selecting judges.

WRITE YOUR LEGISLATOR

4/3/2008

Time is running out to make important improvements to the Missouri Plan for selecting judges. Please Get Involved before it is too late.

Go here to sign our simple online petition.

And be sure to use this handy form to send your legislators a letter.

Sign Our Petition: Send a Message to Legislators

2/29/2008

Please sign your name to this petition and pass it along to other Missourians. Let legislators know it is time to fix the way judges are picked in Missouri.

Better Courts Urges Bar Members to Seek Refund of Dues -- Donate Refund to Public Defenders and Legal Services for the Poor

2/28/2008

Better Courts for Missouri mails letter urging Bar Members to seek Refund of Dues--donate dues to legal services for the poor.

The Missouri Bar’s Board of Governors recently approved a large increase in the dues Missouri lawyers are required to pay. The Missouri Bar also paid for its 42-member Board of Governors and several judges to travel to Atlantis, the “playground of the gods,” in the Bahamas. Additionally, the Missouri Bar recently decided to spend $500,000 of your dues to fund a political campaign to oppose reform of Missouri’s judicial selection process.

Regardless of your position on judicial selection reform or mandatory dues, we believe the Missouri Bar is managing its fiscal affairs without regard to the concerns of its membership.

If you agree, please sign this letter and mail it to the Missouri Bar requesting a refund of your dues be sent to the Public Defender System or Legal Services for the poor.

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Want to Learn More?
Please review our document library and become acquainted with the past and present of the Missouri Plan. Learn to separate fact from fiction about Missouri's Judicial Selection Process in our Fact and Fiction section. Most importantly, stay abreast of new developments in our fight to reform judicial selection by signing up for e-mail announcements or joining our efforts. This is your state and your justice system - they should be accountable to you.

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Quote
"Reduced to the plainest terms, judges have no right to pick their successors or colleagues and lawyers have no right to pick their judges."

- Warren D. Welliver, Missouri Supreme Court Judge, 10/28/1985

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