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Gov. Matt Blunt told the Kansas City Federalist Society he wanted to nominate qualified judges who were “faithful to the constitution.” He stopped by a luncheon with the lawyer’s chapter of the society Thursday in North Kansas City to share ...

The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday heard arguments in a case relating to ethics. Is “relating to ethics” too vague? It’s actually the same description given last year to a bill that overhauled the state’s campaign-finance laws. And according to ...

Elizabeth Eckford, left, member of the Little Rock Nine, and Ken Reinhardt were the keynote speakers for the ninth annual Justice for All luncheon Thursday at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown. Legal Aid of Western Missouri invited Eckford to speak ...

Another Kansas City area law firm faces an accusation that it fired an employee in retaliation. In a lawsuit field last week, Hubbell Peak O’Neal Napier & Leach is charged with firing paralegal Frances Alaniz because she complained about a ...

Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty insisted he had been truthful to Congress about the firing of eight federal prosecutors, while Democrats said he hadn’t been candid about the White House’s role in the dismissals. McNulty, appearing before a House Judiciary ...

High schools that join a state athletic association can be punished for violating rules against recruiting students, the U.S. Supreme Court said, rejecting a private Tennessee school’s claim of free-speech protection. The justices unanimously upheld sanctions imposed on Brentwood Academy, ...

Accuses state Supreme Court of overstepping its bounds

Second suit filed over undocumented worker ban

A Franklin County judge has granted a change of venue for accused kidnapper Michael Devlin with an unusual twist – the trial will be held in Franklin County, but the jurors will be brought in from elsewhere. “In accord with ...

Lawmakers pressed the Justice Department’s second-ranking official to explain why he said the White House played a minimal role in the dismissal of eight federal prosecutors during previous congressional testimony. Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty’s statements before a Senate panel ...

Royal Dutch Shell’s plans to drill for oil off the coast of Arctic Alaska may be delayed or canceled after environmental groups and Eskimo villages asked a U.S. appeals court to halt the program. The North Slope Borough, which includes ...