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June 14, 2007

Senate panel to debate Southwick appointment today

The Clarion-Ledger, 6/14/7 Leslie Southwick faces a showdown today when a Senate panel decides whether the retired Mississippi Court of Appeals judge gets a lifetime appointment on the federal bench. A series of civil rights and human rights groups oppose Southwick’s confirmation. They say his support of some Mississippi Court of Appeals rulings makes him…
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June 13, 2007

Hood’s election year suits against little oil companies suspect

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/13/7 Isn’t it convenient that “crusading” Attorney General Jim Hood’s accusations of post-Hurricane Katrina price gouging against seven small Mississippi oil companies weren’t ready to make public until smack dab in the middle of campaign season? Let’s see – Hurricane Katrina hit Mississippi on Aug. 29, 2005. That it took Hood the…