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November 27, 2017

Bannon targets Wicker and Cochran seats; wants McDaniel vs Wicker and for Gov. Bryant to appoint himself if Cochran resigns

Double-barreled Bannon: He targets both Mississippi GOP senators JACKSON, Miss. — One Senate seat here may not be enough for Steve Bannon. If the former White House strategist gets his way, Mississippi’s two long-serving establishment Republican senators won’t be in office by the start of the next Congress. In regular phone calls over the past…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 27, 2017

SCOTUS denies certiorari to Mississippi flag lawsuit

The US Supreme court has denied certiorari (without comment) to Moore v. Bryant, which sought to litigate the merits of the official state flag of Mississippi. The case history and order can be found at https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/17-23.html Both the Congressional Black Caucus and the Southern Poverty Law Center had filed amicus briefs in the case. Attorney…