NPR – Black voters sue over Mississippi’s Jim Crow-Era election law
The target of the lawsuit is what was called “The Mississippi Plan,” codified in the state’s 1890 Constitution “to take political power out of the hands of African-Americans, and it was extremely effective,” says Paloma Wu, an attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Mississippi office.
The constitutional convention was called after Reconstruction when African-Americans were winning elected office after the Civil War. The framers explicitly stated, “It is the manifest intention of this Convention to secure to the State of Mississippi ‘white supremacy,’ ” according to the journal of the proceedings.
“It was headlined to keep political power in the hands of white people who were outnumbered by free black people and their descendants,” Wu says.
To that end, they adopted a two-tiered path to win statewide office, like governor or attorney general. Candidates must get both a majority of the popular vote, and win in a majority of Mississippi’s 122 state house districts, (only 42 of which are majority black). Otherwise, the state house of representatives gets to decide who wins.
Scalia confirmed as Secretary of Labor
Look forward to working with @USDOL Secretary Scalia to promote job creation and workforce training in Mississippi. pic.twitter.com/Tsv0gUwlPP
— U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (@SenHydeSmith) September 26, 2019
Thompson speaks on DATA Act
WATCH: Chairman @BennieGThompson speaks on the passage of the Domestic and International Terrorism DATA Act through the House.
The bill would foster greater transparency into the federal government’s handling of domestic terrorism and to increase research on the issue. pic.twitter.com/i8G7sUajLa
— House Homeland Security Committee (@HomelandDems) September 26, 2019
Mississippi Medical PAC endorses Hosemann for Lt. Governor
The Mississippi Medical Political Action Committee (MMPAC) endorses @DelbertHosemann for Lt Governor of Mississippi. What a lovely breakfast meeting with Mississippi physicians and physicians-in-training! #PhysicianLedTeamCare #MedicalSchoolMatters pic.twitter.com/uh7Ef7WmHL
— MS State Med Assn (@MSMA1) September 26, 2019
Favre backs Hosemann for Lt. Governor
Proud to have @BrettFavre, a record-setting quarterback and great Mississippian, on #TeamDelbert. pic.twitter.com/97yCqQH5uO
— Delbert Hosemann (@DelbertHosemann) September 26, 2019
A Democrat worried about national debt? Rickey Cole wants you to think he is
The U.S. national debt is about equal to our annual GDP…and no one in power in either party in Washington gives it a minute’s thought, apparently. $22 trillion and mounting by the second.
— Rickey Cole (@RickeyCole) September 27, 2019
MS.GOV wins award
We proudly announce that the official website of the State of Mississippi, https://t.co/yYClfzp0Wp, won 3rd place in the Center for Digital Government’s annual Government Experience Awards. #awards Read more at: https://t.co/nvsw2JsUfB. pic.twitter.com/gyU5qeGKDQ
— MS Dept. of ITS (@MSDeptofITS) September 24, 2019
Wicker votes for Short-Term Funding bill
I am deeply frustrated that Congress could not come to an agreement to fund the federal government fully before the current deadline and now must pass another short-term bill. My full statement on today’s vote ⤵️ https://t.co/5VN8WoFiDd pic.twitter.com/2QoFysT0SA
— Senator Roger Wicker (@SenatorWicker) September 26, 2019
Hyde-Smith supports full funding for border wall
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today fully supported a Senate Appropriations Committee measure to provide full funding for President Trump’s border security initiatives, including the border wall.
Hyde-Smith, who serves on the committee and its Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, voted to advance the FY2020 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill to the full Senate for consideration. The bill funds U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) missions, including border security, immigration enforcement, disaster relief, and the U.S. Coast Guard.
“The border security and immigration enforcement funding in this bill reflects the need to address the serious problems we face on our borders. The wall funding and other resources would give agencies more capacity to deal with the overwhelming influx of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers trying to get into the country,” Hyde-Smith said
“Partisan efforts to reduce this border security funding is simply turning a blind eye to the serious and continuous stress being placed on our borders and on the personnel who enforce our immigration laws,” she said. “This is not a perfect bill, but I’m pleased it will support the work done in Mississippi to protect our citizens.”
Congressman Palazzo: Democrats prioritize illegals over Americans
They also just rejected the Republican’s Motion to Recommit in order to amend the Democrats’ bill to ensure that our veteran’s, the ones who fought and defended our country, electronic health records are put into place before we prioritize the records of illegal immigrants.
— Cong. Steven Palazzo (@CongPalazzo) September 26, 2019
WLBT – Former Canton School board member wins appeal before MS Supreme Court
A former member of the Canton School Board who says he was forced from the position has won a ruling with the State Supreme Court.
Walter Jones appealed an order from Madison County Circuit Court affirming his removal as a trustee of the Canton Public School District by the Board of Aldermen.
Jones argued the board lacked the authority to remove him as a public official. The Mississippi Supreme Court in Thursday’s ruling agrees, saying the Board’s actions were prohibited by the Mississippi Constitution.
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