Jim Layton
@JimLaytonMO
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Which leaves the board with just one member — Mayor Spencer — thus lacking a quorum and unable to do business.
Governor Mike Kehoe is pulling back his appointments to the St. Louis Police Board ahead of Wednesday's special session. The move is procedural but comes as the legislature enters a politically charged session that may result in a new congressional map.
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1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat. Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable. Read this expert analysis⤵️
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Should I admit that I served as a missionary in Argentina halfway through that 100 years?
I had the wonderful opportunity to meet with President Javier Milei, the President of Argentina, today, August 20, 2025. It was a remarkable meeting that could not have been more friendly, warm, and engaging. We talked about many topics, which include the 100th anniversary of
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Catherine Hanaway has the potential to be a great attorney general. Well done @GovMikeKehoe
AG Announcement Press Conference
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My quoted comment about something that would happen in Missouri should not surprise anyone.
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State leaders in both parties say they're ready to redraw political lines ahead of 2026, but state laws and constitutions make mid-decade redistricting virtually impossible in many places.
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Use of the autopen isn’t the right question.
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The Biden pardon brouhaha embraces at least five sets of pardons.
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Congrats to my latest successor as Missouri SG. My, they come and go quickly, don’t they!
Honored to be appointed as the next Missouri Solicitor General by @AGAndrewBailey. His SG Office is already one of the Nation's very best, and I look forward to continuing that work to protect the rights and liberties of Missourians and all Americans.
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Take a look at the discussion of the “dispensing power.” It appears that the president is taking the position that not only can he ignore a statute, but that he can instruct private companies to do so — and exempt them from civil liability.
Today's "One First" looks at AG Bondi's letters to tech companies purporting to "irrevocably relinquish" their liability for violating the TikTok statute. Parliament repudiated such a royal "dispensing" power in 1689; it has no place in U.S. law, either: https://t.co/15s4HrQBGY
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Though I still visit X, I’m now following (and sometimes commenting on) my favorite news sources as @jimlaytonmo.bsky.social.
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“If the unitary executive theory is subject to exceptions for contexts in which the practical consequences of eliminating an agency’s independence would be too extreme, then it’s not much of a theory.” Me via “One First” on #SCOTUS’s ruling in Wilcox: https://t.co/8keFHimwVO
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A constitutional principle like the "unitary executive theory" isn't worth all that much if the Supreme Court can conjure new, unprincipled exceptions to it by simply asserting that they exist.
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The famous rallying cry was “no more Souters.” But I wonder whether, in this fractious time, we actually need more David Souters, rather than fewer. On this gray morning, the world certainly feels like a poorer place without David Souter in it. RIP.
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Looks like @AGAndrewBailey and his https://t.co/2mFy8MNNsZ have work to do!!!
Cops proclaim crackdown on sex trafficking but mostly arrest victims
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Looks like @AGAndrewBailey and his https://t.co/2mFy8MNfDr have work to do!!!
Cops proclaim crackdown on sex trafficking but mostly arrest victims
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At quick glance SB47 seems to contain procedural rules, tho it is not a “bill limited to [that] purpose” as Mo constitution Art 5 sec 5 requires.
Today, I was proud to sign legislation into law that streamlines complex procedures while protecting the rights of every Missourian with Senate Bills 22 and 47. While these bills differ in subject matter—one focused on electoral procedures and the other on tort reform—each
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This is the thing - people want reform and there's good evidence it is needed, but this admin is just so incredibly inept at it that they are reforming to a somehow worse state. Loyalty tests/sycophant rewarding have led to loss of all competence among decision makers
-Converting agency regs into "guidance" will only serve to confuse everyone including bureaucrats, project devs & courts. -The process for converting current regs into guidance will get sued, requiring notice and comment and years of litigation... taking time away from reform
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I was pleased to represent the City of Sunrise Beach on appeal.
The Southern District reversed a lower court’s judgment in a “loss of use of enjoyment of property” tort case. https://t.co/Mdz25SMwLc
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This is an excellent, thoughtful take on why - even if one agrees with the general idea that the U.S. needed to change its position in the world economy - President Trump's approach is completely unhinged and catastrophic.
MY OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP The frustrating part is that I was on board for a reset. Truly. I’ve said it publicly. I’ve written about it in this very feed. I understood the need for a detox. For decades, the U.S. economy played the part of the rich guy at the table --
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The sad part about judicial elections today is that Wisconsin is not an outlier. It’s just the latest data point in a trend toward more and more money trying to buy court decisions. There isn’t a perfect way to pick judges. But elections like these aren’t the best option.
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Which is why so many initiatives are for constitutional amendments rather than statutes. There’s a solution.
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The Missouri Constitution is the “people’s constitution.” The people have relatively easy access — usually at the behest of some interest group that has money or a good organization or
Five months after Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved a boost in the minimum wage and a paid leave plan, Republican lawmakers moved Tuesday to repeal the law. https://t.co/am70W8sSrw via @stltoday
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