by Mike Lear | Jun 20, 2014 | Military, News
Legislation has been signed into law by Governor Jay Nixon (D) that is meant to protect families of fallen Missouri soldiers from protests at funeral services. House Bill 1372 makes it a class “B” misdemeanor to protest within 300 feet of the site of a...
by Mike Lear | Apr 26, 2013 | Crime / Courts, News
A federal appeals court says the state law keeping protests at least 300 feet from a funeral is constitutional, but says language that would have kept protests even further away is too vague and too great a burden on free speech. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...