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Opinion  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
May 17, 2021

U.S. Supreme Court to hear case considering Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban

SCOTUS will look into Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban and determine if the law is unconstitutional or not. On Monday, the United States Supreme Court said it will consider “whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional” in the case Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 19-1392. A decision is likely to come by June 2022.…
Opinion  |  Frank Corder  • 
May 14, 2021

Mississippi Medical Marijuana law and initiative process goes up in smoke

In a rare Friday release, the Mississippi Supreme Court issued its decision today on the case involving the validity of the process by which the constitutional amendment for medical marijuana via Initiative 65 made its way on the 2020 ballot. The decision comes a month after oral arguments were heard by the Justices. Justices granted…