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Article: Supreme Court chief justice delivers state of the judiciary address
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- St. Joseph News-Press
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- February 5, 2008
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The chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court highlighted a
local senator's "enhanced interest" of Missouri's nonpartisan court
plan during Tuesday's annual state of the judiciary address to the
Legislature.
In response to public scrutiny, Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith
announced that the court is "working to improve its operation" by
posting dates, times and locations of meetings of commissions that
select Supreme Court nominees.
Check out Wednesday's News-Press for reaction from Sen. Charlie
Shields, R-St. Joseph, who's filed legislation to make those
meetings open to the public, and a Buchanan County judge who
attended the address.
Below is Ms. Stith's speech in its entirety:
Chief ...