Judge rejects Missouri Roundtable's nuisance lawsuit

A Cole County judge issued a final judgment this afternoon in the Missouri Roundtable for Life's nuissance lawsuit against the state, rejecting all of the Roundtable's claims. From the judge's decision:

Plaintiffs' arguments of conspiracy and constitutional violations fail as a matter of law, are without merit, and rise to the level of being frivolous.

The outright rejection of the suit was expected by all parties. Roundtable President Ed Martin has previously described the lawsuit as a "nuisance" and a key component of his general strategy for garnering media attention.

Our previous coverage of Martin's use of the judicial system at taxpayer expense to advance his extreme right-wing agenda: 

• Ed Martin: Carnahan is "the devil," and my lawsuit is just a "nuisance
• Ed Martin furious that reality is biased against him
• Judge: Ed Martin lawsuit indeed a nuisance
• When voters are actually told what Martin & the Roundtable for Life are trying to do, they don't like it
• Ed Martin: Lawsuits are a "great way" to influence the public discourse