Ronald J. Calzone v. Interim Commissioner of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Roger Dorson, in…

Summary

The Supreme Court of Missouri affirmed judgments upholding two legislative enactments against challenges under the Missouri Constitution's original-purpose and single-subject provisions. It held that the amendments to both bills remained germane to their broad original purposes, that the final titles identified permissible single subjects to which the provisions related, and that the claim challenging substantive changes to the bills' titles failed to state a claim. The court also clarified that original-purpose, single-subject, and clear-title requirements are distinct limitations.