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Officers from about a dozen county sheriff's offices packed the Senate Lounge Wednesday morning to show their support for SJR 42. The proposed constitutional amendment would enshrine county sheriffs in the state constitution and allow them to disregard state and federal laws they disagree with.
Missouri lawmakers are proposing a constitutional amendment that would enshrine county sheriff's offices in the Constitution and allow them to disregard federal and state laws they view as unconstitutional.
