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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed several bills passed during the 2014 regular session into law Friday.Tweak to funeral protest lawFirst, Nixon signed House…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 26, 2013 - Missouri can keep protesters 300 feet away from around a funeral without violating…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon:Missouri can keep protesters 300 feet away from around a funeral without violating free speech rights,…

A federal appeals court has ruled that with some changes, a version of a Missouri law restricting protests near funerals does not violate a Kansas-based…

Another Missouri town has adopted an ordinance placing limits on funeral protests. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that aldermen in Ballwin on Monday…

A federal appeals court has ruled that efforts by the city of Manchester to limit protests by the Westboro Baptist Church is constitutional, despite the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 6, 2012 - By the time a handful of demonstrators from Westboro Baptist Church showed up at…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 1, 2012 - Students at Clayton High School are trying to turn planned picketing by anti-gay…

Blagojevich plans to keep fightingRod Blagojevich has just over two months of freedom before he's scheduled to begin a 14-year prison term. But the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 14, 2011 - NEW YORK - Anthony Lewis is a friend of the First Amendment. But the former New York…