The Missouri state house is located in Jefferson City. Flickr user jimmywayne
Play of the Day: The Worst Kinds of State Legislatures
Missouri and Kansas are experimenting with new laws.
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Jon Stewart lists the ways various state legislatures are elongating the 'arc of the moral universe' to bend towards injustice. The more creative of these? Kansas wants to allow you to hit your children harder , and Missouri only wants to teach classes based on the Bible.
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