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February 28, 2013

Senate passes bills to protect MS gun owners’ rights

Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves today thanked the Mississippi Senate for approving legislation to protect the rights of Mississippians to possess permits to carry concealed weapons. “Gun owners in Mississippi have a right to privacy and shouldn’t be made to feel like criminals for exercising their Second Amendment rights,” Lt. Gov. Reeves said. “I’m proud the…
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February 28, 2013

Big victory for tort reform efforts out of the 5th Circuit

Federal appeals court rules state’s tort cap does not violate separation of powers Wednesday morning, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Mississippi’s $1 million cap on non-economic damages arising out of civil litigation does not violate the state’s constitutional separation of powers. The question arose out of a personal…