Freedom Center of Missouri

The Freedom Center of Missouri and client, Aaron Malin, are now four-for-four winning trial court judgments that various government entities are obligated to comply with the state’s Sunshine Law.  The most recent victory, however, was a record-breaker. After the Freedom Center and its co-counsel from the ACLU of Missouri proved that Cole County Prosecutor Mark Richardson knowingly and purposefully refused to comply with the Sunshine Law—even after Freedom Center director of litigation Dave Roland sent a letter informing Richardson of…

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The Freedom Center is proud to announce that our friend, nationally-renowned public interest attorney Scott Bullock, will be coming to Missouri to explain the power of public interest litigation.  At 6:30 p.m. on August 10, 2017, Bullock will give a speech entitled “Public Interest Law: Justice for All” at the Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza Branch.  This event is open to the public – we hope to see you there!

As we recently announced, the Freedom Center is taking on a number of cases aimed at ensuring that government entities in Missouri remain transparent and accountable to the people.  On March 10, 2017, one of those cases will go to trial in Jefferson City. In 2014, Aaron Malin was researching how Missouri’s multi-jurisdictional drug task forces use the extraordinary authority and taxpayer money that the state has given them.  He relied on the state’s Sunshine Law to ask many of…

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As most of our fans will know, the Freedom Center of Missouri took a brief hiatus in 2013 while Dave was focusing on his work with the Freedom Foundation.  But even when he was out on the West Coast, Dave continued to fight on behalf of Missourians.  In early 2013 he argued Brooke Gray’s animal husbandry case in front of Missouri’s Western District Court of Appeals.  In May and June he spoke to Missouri media about the big cases the…

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Here is video of a presentation that Dave Roland gave on the topic of the Constitution and Health Care Reform when he was still a policy analyst with the Show-Me Institute.

One of the Freedom Center of Missouri’s generous donors has announced that for the rest of the month of April they will match donations made to our organization up to a total of $1,000 – there has never been a better time to do your part to support our efforts to advance liberty!

Ron Calzone’s Missouri First published a great post to go along with the first press release for MVMB v. Gray!

We are also thrilled to announce that the Freedom Center of Missouri’s second case, Missouri Veterinary Medical Board v. Brooke Gray, was featured nationwide on the October 29, 2010, Derry Brownfield Show! You can download the podcast at this link – Mr. Brownfield starts talking about the case 31 minutes into the show.

Thanks to the invaluable efforts of Liz Dreckman, Paul Hamby, Ron Calzone, Gina Gentry Loudon, Katie Sinquefield, Eapen Thampy, and Martha Clifton Roland, the Freedom Center of Missouri has taken its first steps this week. We’re looking forward to all that the future will bring!