in Mississippi, NewsMississippi to Appeal 15-Week Abortion Ban to US Supreme Court, AG Lynn Fitch Says, Setting Up Possible Roe Fight
Mississippi will ask the US Supreme Court to reverse two lower court decisions that struck down its 2018 ban on abortions after 15-weeks. The State’s new attorney general, Republican Lynn Fitch, announced her plans late afternoon on January 17. More
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US Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Swears Impeachment Oath, But Already Promised to Break It
US Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican from Mississippi, signed a sworn oath on Thursday to “do impartial justice” during Trump’s impeachment trial, but she has already vowed to violate it to protect the president. More
US 5th Circuit Court Judge Refuses to Call Transgender Woman by Female Pronouns
Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan, a Donald Trump-appointed federal appeals court judge, is refusing in court to refer to a transgender woman by her proper pronouns, claiming that doing so could “raise delicate questions about judicial impartiality.” The transgender woman, a 3 More
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Monument to Slain Voting Rights Activist Vernon Dahmer Unveiled in Downtown Hattiesburg
Vernon Dahmer’s widow, Ellie Dahmer, unveiled a statue in his likeness before a crowd of hundreds who came out to honor her husband’s legacy in downtown Hattiesburg on January 6, 2020. More
