Uh, people with a lot of money, as opposed to people with very little money?
Previously:
The irony impaired opponent of the “Missouri Court Plan” (January 31, 2008)
The irony impaired opponent of the “Missouri Court Plan” – part 2 (May 13, 2009)
On the November 2012 ballot:
Constitutional Amendment 3
[Proposed by the 96th General Assembly (Second Regular Session) SJR 51]Official Ballot Title:
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to change the current nonpartisan selection of supreme court and court of appeals judges to a process that gives the governor increased authority to:
appoint a majority of the commission that selects these court nominees; and
appoint all lawyers to the commission by removing the requirement that the governor’s appointees be nonlawyers?
[emphasis added]
Law firms with a vested interest in an actual, you know, functioning state judiciary have started to line up to write checks to preserve the Missouri Court Plan against this corporatist and right wingnut assault by initiative.
The irony here is in the transparency.
This month, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C121294 08/04/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR FAIR AND IMPARTIAL COURTS COMMITTEE Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd LLC One Court Street Alton IL 62002 8/3/2012 $10,000.00
C121294 08/09/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR FAIR AND IMPARTIAL COURTS COMMITTEE SRC Holdings Corporation 531 S. Union Ave Springfield MO 65802 8/8/2012 $10,000.00
C121294 08/17/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR FAIR AND IMPARTIAL COURTS COMMITTEE Langdon & Emison 911 Main Street Lexington MO 64067 8/15/2012 $10,000.00
C121294 08/22/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR FAIR AND IMPARTIAL COURTS COMMITTEE The Simon Law Firm, P.C. 800 Market Street Suite 1700 Saint Louis MO 63101 8/21/2012 $25,000.00
C121294 08/23/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR FAIR AND IMPARTIAL COURTS COMMITTEE O’Brien Law Firm, P.C. 815 Geyer Ave Saint Louis MO 63104 8/22/2012 $10,000.00
C121294 08/25/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR FAIR AND IMPARTIAL COURTS COMMITTEE Robb & Robb LLC 1200 Main Street Suite 3900 Kansas City MO 64105 8/24/2012 $25,000.00
C121294 08/29/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR FAIR AND IMPARTIAL COURTS COMMITTEE Simmons, Browder, Gianaris, Angelides & Barnerd LLC One Court Street Alton IL 62002 8/28/2012 $10,000.00
[emphasis added]
Gee, we seem to have a good idea about some of the people opposed to the November initiative gutting the Missouri Court Plan.