A Missouri law that prohibited homeless people from sleeping on state land has been struck down. The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the law is unconstitutional because it covers multiple unrelated issues.

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a law that threatened homeless people with jail time for sleeping on state land.

Judges ruled unanimously to toss the law for violating a section of the Missouri Constitution that prohibits legislation from containing multiple unrelated subjects.

In this case, the sweeping 64-page bill also dealt with city and county governance and banned COVID-19 vaccine requirements for public workers in Missouri.

Judges ruled that the law is “invalid in its entirety,” Judge Paul Wilson wrote in the court’s decision.

  • magnetosphere@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    In this case, the sweeping 64-page bill also dealt with city and county governance and banned COVID-19 vaccine requirements for public workers in Missouri.

    Why is this the only sentence in the entire article that even mentions this part of the law? This is an important issue, too.

    I don’t give a shit if Mabel has a sudden “religious objection” to vaccines, and whines about “freedom” to the few people remaining who can tolerate her. I have an objection to catching potentially deadly diseases from public employees, and unknowingly spreading them. Doesn’t that matter?