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Legislative Push Towards Supersession In Missouri: Why The State Attorney General Should Not Be Statutorily Granted Concurrent Jurisdiction With Locally Elected Prosecutors, Josef Nilhas
Saint Louis University Law Journal
There is a current trend of electing progressive or “reform-minded” prosecutors over “tough-on-crime” prosecutors in local elections across the country. Traditionally, prosecutors have possessed wide discretion over which cases to prosecute or not, and the law presumes that “prosecutors make discretionary decisions disinterestedly, unaffected by their own self-interest or the interest of others.” However, recently in Missouri, state officials have pushed for providing the state attorney general with concurrent jurisdiction over certain cases. In particular, the Missouri Senate passed a provision through an amendment to House Bill 2 (“HB2”) that would allow the State Attorney General to take over homicide …
The Heat Is On: Will Climate Change Suits Pressure The Supreme Court To Evolve Its Federal Question Jurisdiction?, Katie Hoffecker
The Heat Is On: Will Climate Change Suits Pressure The Supreme Court To Evolve Its Federal Question Jurisdiction?, Katie Hoffecker
Saint Louis University Law Journal
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