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February 23, 2009

Claims against judges on the rise

The Clarion-Ledger, 2/23/9 Complaints against judges in Mississippi are on the rise. And the head of the state’s judicial watchdog group attributes part of the 2008 increase to fallout from the burgeoning judicial bribery scandal in Mississippi. “We saw an increase across the board,” said Brant Brantley, executive director of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 23, 2009

Seize the chance

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 2/23/9 It’s rare if not unprecedented for a committee chairman in the Mississippi Legislature to suggest circumventing the legislative process. That’s what Senate Judiciary A chairman Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, proposes on voter identification if the Legislature doesn’t act this year. Fillingane is preparing an initiative petition, which would require…