Mississippi Business Journal » constitutional http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:35:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Hosemann touts voter ID study, releases proposed rules http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/13/hosemann-touts-voter-id-study-releases-proposed-rules/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hosemann-touts-voter-id-study-releases-proposed-rules http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/13/hosemann-touts-voter-id-study-releases-proposed-rules/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:07:23 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=66544 JACKSON — More than 98 percent of Mississippi voters who cast ballots in the general election have one form of acceptable photo identification included in Mississippi’s constitutional voter ID law, according to a survey conducted by Edison Research. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann announced the findings of what what he believes to be the largest [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/13/hosemann-touts-voter-id-study-releases-proposed-rules/feed/ 0 State judge declares tort cap unconstitutional; criticizes Legislature http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/24/state-judge-declares-tort-cap-unconstitutional-criticizes-legislature/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-judge-declares-tort-cap-unconstitutional-criticizes-legislature http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/24/state-judge-declares-tort-cap-unconstitutional-criticizes-legislature/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:14:59 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=56115 CLARKSDALE — A state judge in Coahoma County has declared a legislatively imposed cap on non-economic damages unconstitutional. Circuit Judge Charles Webster issued the ruling April 20 in a 14-page opinion. He criticized the Legislature for intruding into judicial authority. Webster’s ruling came in a motion filed by Cleveland attorney Ralph E. Chapman in lawsuit [...]

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