More from the state that banished a rodeo clown

Missouri seems more than a tad over protective when it comes to defending Mr. Obama's public image.

Missouri State Troopers now appear to be clearing anti-Obama protesters from overpass sidewalks.

Suffrage Demonstration
Washington DC, 1917

Whatever happened to case law where protests were allowed on public sidewalks?

Sidewalk protests were a staple of the civil rights movement.

And the suffrage movement as well.

So what's with the current push in Missouri to quash modern day protest and dissent?