The Mississippi Supreme Court agreed to expedite consideration of the appeal of the dismissal of the HB #1020 lawsuit in Hinds County Chancery Court.
Jackson residents Dorothy Triplett, Ann Saunders, and Sabreen Sharrief asked Hinds County Chancellor Dewayne Thomas to block the appointment of four temporary circuit judges and creation of the CCID court under HB #1029. Judge Thomas denied their request.
The plaintiffs appealed to the Mississippi Supreme Court and asked the Court to expedite adjudication of their lawsuit. The Court decreed May 25:
The instant matter is before the undersigned Justice on the Emergency Motion for Expedited Consideration filed by Ann Saunders, Sabreen Sharrief, and Dorothy Triplett. After due consideration, the undersigned Justice finds that the motion should be granted. The appellants’ brief shall be filed on or before May 31, 2023. The appellees’ briefs shall be filed on or before June 14, 2023. Any reply brief shall be filed on or before June 19, 2023. No extensions will be granted absent extraordinary circumstances.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the Emergency Motion for Expedited Consideration filed by the appellants is granted as set forth above.
It is further ORDERED that oral argument will be held before the en banc court on July 6, 2023, at 10:30 a.m.
It is further ORDERED that the Mississippi Supreme Court will retain the case.
Stay Tuned.
13 comments:
Someone dropped a dime to hurry them along.
I cannot decide if this is sad, funny, or both. What I don't need to decide is if this is just another load of bullshit involving Jackson, MS. We aren't last in innumerable things because of racism, we're last in most or all of those things because of stupidity. And stupidity has nothing whatsoever to do with skin color, as Mississippi pols of every skin tone prove every day and in every way.
This lawsuit will fail. Judges have been appointed in the past and it was not deemed a violation of the constitution as long as it was temporary. In the past, the length of time was a year - this time it's three but it's STILL temporary.
constitutional by a 7-2 vote.
Who gets the case? My prediction is 6-3 constitutional.
Expedited to force Wingate's slow hand.
If I were to do a parlay
Constitutional: Randolph, Coleman, Chamberlin, Maxwell, Beam, Ishee
Un-constitutional: Kitchens, King, Griffis
WE should do parlays on SCOMS cases.
King was a racist lawyer in Greenville 40 years ago. His vote is not in doubt. Of course he votes only after 'careful consideration of the facts at hand'.
It has been done before in this state. Why would it be illegal now ?
10:13, your labeling King as a racist lawyer in Greenville 40 years ago is misplaced. He is actually one of the most thoughtful and open-minded judges on the bench. I don’t always agree with his votes, but he is not a Hinds County circuit judge type by any stretch. Pretty sure Barbour wouldn’t have appointed him unless he was actually moderate. Lol.
Dorothy is a nice lady with a son that served in the military. However, she has been a democrat militant since the 60s. She has the same mental bandwidth as Dianne Fienstein. Sit down Dorothy. The cops are coming for the great grandkids that were failed by your soft approach to education (give us more money) and the free the criminals policies that you support. Your apologist BS has made Jackson lose population, increased crime recidivism, and blocked the state takeover of JPS. Congratulations on your 60 year crusade to graduate illiterate criminals.
The Court is 6-3, conservative-liberal.
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