Nearly six months ago, when Andrew Bailey was appointed Missouri’s attorney general, some Republicans viewed him as someone who would bring stability to the position — which has seen four attorneys general since 2017. Others hoped that he would take a more pragmatic approach than his predecessors Sens. Eric Schmitt and Josh Hawley, both Republicans who built their statewide profiles with highly-publicized lawsuits against the federal government. But, since Gov. Mike Parson named him Missouri’s top lawyer, Bailey has shaped the attorney general’s office into his own battleground in the conservative culture wars. The unelected Republican has pushed the boundaries of the office, attempting to use state law to effectively ban gender-affirming care for both adults and kids in April. He deployed a rarely-used legal maneuver in an effort to take down the top elected prosecutor in St. Louis. He tried to circumvent Republican Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick to inflate the cost of a ballot measure ...