Freedom Center of Missouri
Fighting to secure individual liberty and transparent, accountable, constitutionally-limited government in Missouri.
Issue Areas and Cases
Protecting the basic rights of all Missourians.
Free Speech
The First Amendment has long been celebrated for the protections it provides for the freedoms of speech and the press. Most Missourians are not aware, however, that our state constitution offers even more explicit protection for citizens wishing to express themselves. Article I, section 8, of the Missouri Constitution forbids any legislative body in the…
Economic Liberty
Throughout most of American history, it was almost taken for granted that citizens had a constitutionally-protected right to earn a living by applying their skills in a useful business that presents no threat to the public health, safety, or welfare. Unfortunately, both courts and legislatures have lost sight of this fundamental right, allowing for the…
Property Rights
The Missouri Bill of Rights contains four sections concerned with the protection of citizens’ property rights: “All persons have a natural right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and the enjoyment of the gains of their own industry;… to give security to these things is the principal office of government, and… when government does not confer this security,…
Religious Liberty
The freedom of religion is, for many, the most vital of all natural rights. The Missouri Constitution includes several provisions impacting this freedom. On the one hand, Missouri’s Bill of Rights guarantees that “all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no…
Limited Government
Unlike the U.S. Constitution, the Missouri Constitution imposes many explicit limitations on how the government is permitted to make laws. For example: Article III, section 21, states that “no bill shall be so amended in its passage through either house [of the General Assembly] as to change its original purpose.” Article III, section 23, requires…
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