by admin | Jul 22, 2005 | Politics / Govt
A lawyer for a lesbian couple in Kansas City has asked a judge to overturn the state’s refusal to let them become foster parents. Lisa Johnston and her life partner, Dawn Roginski, started the process to become foster parents in 2003. Their lawyer, Lisa Brunner,...
by admin | Jul 21, 2005 | Crime / Courts, Politics / Govt
It’s hard to predict how the confirmation process for US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, Jr. will play out, but a University of Missouri professor attempts to make a forecast based on the past. President Bush has nominated Roberts to take the place of...
by admin | Jul 20, 2005 | Politics / Govt
Now that President Bush has nominated Judge John Roberts to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Conner on the US Supreme Court, the US Senate will either confirm or reject that nomination. Senator Talent says while Judge Roberts might have only two years on the federal...
by admin | Jul 20, 2005 | Legislature, Politics / Govt
Former House Speaker Catherine Hanaway has been sworn in as acting federal prosecutor for the eastern half of the state. Hanaway replaces James Martin, who became the acting US Attorney in St. Louis after Ray Gruender was appointed as a judge on the 8th US Circuit...
by admin | Jul 1, 2005 | Crime / Courts
The retirement announcement from U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor means the scrambling is already underway to fill the seat on the High Court. Many observers expected Chief Justice William Rehnquist to be the first of the current group of...
