Fact and Fiction
The fiction concerning the Missouri Plan is what you have been told.

Take the time to educate yourself about the facts surrounding the Missouri Plan so that all Missourians may come to benefit from a reformed judicial selection process. Select from the fictions listed to the right to get the facts about Missouri's current selection system.

Fictions

  • The process is non-partisan.
  • Selections are based in merit.
  • Missouri's version of the "Missouri Plan" has been adopted in many other states.
  • Retention elections are a proper check.
  • Access to the press and general public has been properly withheld since all deliberations remain secret within the Commission.