Cut and Run: Partisan Court Advocates Retreat in Effort to Politicize Missouri Courts

The deep thinkers who want to abandon Missouri's nationally recognized non-partisan court plan and replace it with a full-boat, partisan court system have retreated (at least for the moment) in their backward effort.

The self-described "Show-Me Better Courts" group today withdrew their highly self-promoted initiative petition.

It's unclear if this retreat represents a sudden shift in strategy or is the result of confidence shattering "legal flaws" in their massive plan to remake Missouri's legal system.

Either way, it's a devastating, self-inflicted setback.