Over here in Australia, Attorney General's are amongst the more intelligent and sober members of the cabinet. They do things differently in Missouri (and Texas).
I live in Blue St Louis county in a state that's been Red for more than 20 years and, unfortunately, pay taxes that are used to support these political games. Bailey was appointed AG when the former AG, Eric Schmitt, was elected to Congress as a Senator. Prior to Schmitt, Josh Hawley played the same game - AG to Senator. None of these men care about MO and they've established the pattern of using the AG office to seek political fame, fortune and power. They spend most of their time running for a future higher-level office by filing ridiculous lawsuits. Josh Hawley cost MO taxpayers $250,000 for violating the state's sunshine records act. The last couple of years "Dirt Road" Democrats have been organizing and working on getting Democrats to run for local and state offices. It's slow work, but they are gaining traction since 20 years of Republican rule have not been good for MO. We have rural health care deserts, some of the lowest paid teacher salaries, many school districts have 4-day weeks due to the lack of teachers and funding, and we're constantly fighting school voucher plans which do nothing but defund public education. We will have an abortion ballot initiative for November and an initiative to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour. Neither initiative is perfect, but they are steps in the right direction. We had to use ballot initiatives for medical and recreational marijuana and to stop right-to-work. The Republican legislature has tried to raise the threshold for ballot initiatives but, because they are incapable of legislating, they haven't been able to get anything passed. St. Louis, St. Louis County, Kansas City and Columbia (college town) are Blue (a typical urban versus rural situation) while the rest of the state is Red. It's a never-ending fight but one that's very important.
And to use a ballot initiative to expand Medicaid, which they refused to do themselves despite the American Rescue Plan Act extra subsidies and then tried to block the initiative from being implemented when it passed. Ugh! It’s so bad.
So, an attorney (general) asserts a lawsuit for which he clearly has no standing (and thus it will be DOA), and he is running for election? I'm no attorney, but I laughed Bailey's post off as absurd when I first saw it on X, and laughed a Missouri for electing an AG who seems incompetent.
Thanks for this. I would love to know how a joint investigation like this works. As a paid subscriber of both I really enjoy both of your perspectives and tenacity. Missouri really does deserve better and our nation deserves real journalism, not this tripe.
Over here in Australia, Attorney General's are amongst the more intelligent and sober members of the cabinet. They do things differently in Missouri (and Texas).
I live in Blue St Louis county in a state that's been Red for more than 20 years and, unfortunately, pay taxes that are used to support these political games. Bailey was appointed AG when the former AG, Eric Schmitt, was elected to Congress as a Senator. Prior to Schmitt, Josh Hawley played the same game - AG to Senator. None of these men care about MO and they've established the pattern of using the AG office to seek political fame, fortune and power. They spend most of their time running for a future higher-level office by filing ridiculous lawsuits. Josh Hawley cost MO taxpayers $250,000 for violating the state's sunshine records act. The last couple of years "Dirt Road" Democrats have been organizing and working on getting Democrats to run for local and state offices. It's slow work, but they are gaining traction since 20 years of Republican rule have not been good for MO. We have rural health care deserts, some of the lowest paid teacher salaries, many school districts have 4-day weeks due to the lack of teachers and funding, and we're constantly fighting school voucher plans which do nothing but defund public education. We will have an abortion ballot initiative for November and an initiative to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour. Neither initiative is perfect, but they are steps in the right direction. We had to use ballot initiatives for medical and recreational marijuana and to stop right-to-work. The Republican legislature has tried to raise the threshold for ballot initiatives but, because they are incapable of legislating, they haven't been able to get anything passed. St. Louis, St. Louis County, Kansas City and Columbia (college town) are Blue (a typical urban versus rural situation) while the rest of the state is Red. It's a never-ending fight but one that's very important.
And to use a ballot initiative to expand Medicaid, which they refused to do themselves despite the American Rescue Plan Act extra subsidies and then tried to block the initiative from being implemented when it passed. Ugh! It’s so bad.
Thanks, I knew I'd forgotten one but couldn't remember what it was.
The fact that Bailey was never elected is telling, and so helpful.
Thanks for this.
So, an attorney (general) asserts a lawsuit for which he clearly has no standing (and thus it will be DOA), and he is running for election? I'm no attorney, but I laughed Bailey's post off as absurd when I first saw it on X, and laughed a Missouri for electing an AG who seems incompetent.
Thanks for this. I would love to know how a joint investigation like this works. As a paid subscriber of both I really enjoy both of your perspectives and tenacity. Missouri really does deserve better and our nation deserves real journalism, not this tripe.
From the article: In the United States, in order to have standing as a plaintiff in a lawsuit, you must have an "injury in fact."
That is, until SCOTUS figures out some way that standing applies only to Democratic plaintiffs, not Republican ones.