Legal Issues

Every state has at least some statute or case law that considers a fetus a person. Missouri is among at least 10 states with personhood language that is so broad it could be interpreted to apply to all civil and criminal laws, according to a report from Pregnancy Justice, a nonprofit that advocates for the rights of pregnant people.

The challenges keep coming in reaction to a new state law that gun owners say violates their Second Amendment rights.

Legal Roundtable on "St. Louis on the Air" digs into the last month of litigation and criminal cases, including lawsuits over St. Louis' earning tax, a potential legal battle over Medicaid expansion and a recent 8th District ruling on a class-action lawsuit over actions of the St. Louis police.

Attorneys Eric Banks, William Freivogel and Sarah Swatosh discussed matters involving St. Louis' judicial system on St. Louis on the Air's Legal Roundtable. They included a lawsuit against Villa Duchesne, an age discrimination suit filed by a former KMOV meteorologist and a quo warranto action by the St. Louis County counselor's office related to leadership of the St. Louis County Council.

St. Louis on the Air's legal roundtable for October discussed lawmaker residency, whistleblower protections and a potential copyright violation by Mark and Patricia McCloskey. This month’s panel includes Nicole Gorovsky, David Roland and Bill Freivogel.

Six years after Michael Brown was killed by a Ferguson police officer, his death continues to generate debate. The St. Louis on the Air Legal Roundtable discussed St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell’s decision to reopen and then close the case, as well as the lawsuit filed by a grand juror seeking to expose what happened behind closed doors in the criminal probe into Brown’s death.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens was indicted Thursday evening on a charge of felony invasion of privacy. But what does that mean, and how will it affect...

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov 1, 2011 - Even some of the most conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court were ready to…