Jefferson City, Mo. — The group opposing drastic changes to the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan, Missourians for Fair and Impartial Courts (MFICC), today applauded a ruling in Cole County Circuit Court that dismissed a lawsuit brought by proponents of Amendment 3 challenging the Secretary of State’s ballot language on the issue. MFICC Treasurer Skip Walther released the following statement:
“We applaud the court’s ruling and believe the ballot language is fair because it recognizes that for the first time politicians will control this previously nonpartisan process. Amendment 3 is dangerous because it puts more politics in our courtrooms and judicial selection process at a time when politics is crippling other branches of government. The last thing we need is for politicians to be in charge of this process. Amendment 3 would make our judges beholden to politicians and political agendas, instead of being selected based on merit and thus strictly loyal to our constitution and to the rule of law.”
The Honorary Co-Chairs of Missourians for Fair and Impartial Courts Committee are former Missouri Supreme Court judges William Ray Price, Jr., Ronnie L. White, John C. Holstein, Ann K. Covington, Michael A. Wolff and Edward D. “Chip” Robertson, Jr.
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