Missouri Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Governor’s Power to Call Special Sessions

The Kansas City Globe e-Edition
  • The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a case questioning whether Gov. Mike Kehoe had the authority to call lawmakers into session last year for congressional redistricting and changes to initiative petition majority requirements. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent)
    The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a case questioning whether Gov. Mike Kehoe had the authority to call lawmakers into session last year for congressional redistricting and changes to initiative petition majority requirements. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent)

    The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a governor’s power to call lawmakers into a special session at any time, ending the last lawsuit intended to overturn the state’s newly gerrymandered congressional map without a statewide vote.

    In an unanimous decision issued just a few hours after oral arguments, the court held that the Missouri Constitution’s section granting the governor authority t…