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January 4, 2016

SD 37: Miss. Senate to start hearings on Sojourner challenge Jan. 13; Dearing expects to be seated

Dearing, Sojourner eyeing District 37 seat Once the Legislature is convened, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves will appoint a committee of five to hear Sojourner’s challenge. The appointees will come from each of the state’s four congressional districts, as well as one at-large candidate. “I have been told the hearings will start Jan. 13, and they…
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January 4, 2016

MSSC Justices Dickinson, Coleman same sex marriage dissent questions US Supreme Court authority

Miss. Justices Call For Ignoring Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Decision The Mississippi Supreme Court recently granted a same-sex couple’s divorce request, but two of the justices used the case as an opportunity to assert that the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling affirming marriage equality should be rejected by the state. The case involved a lesbian…