They Never Had Any Intention Of It Going Back To The States

Dems in Disarray

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) September 10, 2024

After sending police to knock on doors of voters who signed petitions to get the FL abortion rights amendment on the ballot, now Ron Desantis is using taxpayer funds to illegally have a state agency & website campaign against the amendment. Story.https://t.co/2ywnO6kALR

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 10, 2024

They never had any intention of it “going back to the states”. https://t.co/Ed1303cejr

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) September 10, 2024

Ashcroft approved the ballot measure as MO SOS (per the law). It was challenged in court, and Rush Limbaugh's cousin (you can't make this up) ruled it was improper under state law. That was appealed directly to the MO Supreme Court, bypassing the appellate court, and the MO SC accepted the appeal to be heard this morning. Ashcroft sent that letter out yesterday. The Court heard the appeal this morning. The deadline to get on the ballot is 5 p.m. today.

However, Ashcroft’s actions caused the defendants to file a motion to hold Ashcroft in contempt of court for decertifying the ballot initiative during the stay.

“This court has authority over this process right now, the public has been told, as they should have been, that you're going to decide whether this measure is on the ballot or not, and that's true, you're going to decide that,” Hatfield said. “The secretary of state went and told them, ‘No, you don't have any authority to decide whether it's on the ballot.’ He just decertified it. It's open contempt for your authority. It's open contempt for the rule of law.”

Fuck the law.  Republicans rule.