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The 1890 state constitution maintained the attorney general of Mississippi as a popularly-elected executive official with a four-year term. [4] The document also made the officer an ex officio member of the State Board of Education. In 1982 the constitution was amended, removing the attorney general from the board effective July 1, 1984. [5]
The Roberts Court at the time of the Dobbs decision. Mississippi petitioned its appeal of the Fifth Circuit decisions to the Supreme Court in June 2020. Its petition, filed by Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, focused on three questions from the appeals process. [66]
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued a Wednesday statement saying the use of force was justified in four fatal shootings involving Mississippi law enforcement officers last year.
On Nov. 9, the Attorney General's Office filed a motion to schedule an execution date for Manning. It also asked for additional time to respond to Manning's petition, and the Court approved a Dec ...
The state's trigger law would ban abortions in 10 days, after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade on Friday.
Edwin Lloyd Pittman (January 2, 1935 – September 25, 2024) was an American jurist and politician who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1989 to 2001 and chief justice from 2001 to 2004.
MS Attorney General Lynn Fitch is seeking execution dates for two men convicted of multiple murders in the 1990s. Mississippi Atorney General seeks execution of 2 men convicted of 1990s murders ...
James Matthew Hood (born May 15, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 39th Attorney General of Mississippi from 2004 to 2020. Hood was first elected Attorney General in 2003, defeating Republican Scott Newton. A former district attorney, Hood succeeded fellow Democrat Mike Moore.