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considered impeaching justices which had favored the rules adoptions or amending the constitution to limit the court's authority before eventually deciding to withdraw appropriations from the body. In 1991, the tension was resolved when the legislature modified about 2,000 state statutes to adhere to the court's rules. In 1993, the legislature established the
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one chief justice—elected to eight-year terms in nonpartisan, staggered elections. The most-senior-tenured justice serves as the chief justice of the court, with the second and third most-tenured justices serving as the court's presiding judges. The governor is empowered to fill vacancies on the court.
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to alter utility rates and in investigating instances of judicial misconduct. Rulings of
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was unconstitutional. With the federal military commander in the state choosing to ignore the decision and
Mississippi citizens being placed before military tribunals, in 1867, all justices of the court resigned to protest military rule. The court was then filled by the commander's appointees, who
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in its decisions. On questions of state law, the court usually examines the legal propriety of a statute, not its "wisdom". When presented with two possible interpretations of a statute that present different outcomes with regards to its constitutionality, the court has typically favored the
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to formulate rules for all state courts, adopted several sets of rules, including rules of procedure, rules of evidence, and rules of practice. The adoption of such rules led to tension with legislature, which had up to that point specified most procedural rules in its laws. The legislature
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suits. In 1973, the court moved out of the capitol building into the
Carroll Gartin Justice Building. An amendment three years later made the Supreme Court responsible for appointing its own clerk. From 1916 to 1980, all Supreme Court elections were effectively decided in the
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from federal courts, and laws found unconstitutional in lower courts. All appeals of state trial court rulings concerning other matters are initially brought before the
Supreme Court, which can then assign them to the Court of Appeals at its discretion. The court can also
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to alter utility rates and in investigating instances of judicial misconduct. State law gives the Supreme Court direct appellate jurisdiction over cases involving capital punishment,
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in 1817, and its judiciary was established in the state's constitution. Under its first constitutional construction, the Supreme Court was composed of judges to be elected by the
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or independents offered challenges in the state's general elections during that time. Judicial primaries were eliminated by law and judicial elections made nonpartisan in 1994.
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2134:"Tort Reform by the Mississippi Supreme Court"
2098:Alexander, S. Allan; Steffey, Matthew (1994).
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2073:"Associate Justice David M. Ishee"
1445:Buford, Linda (November 1, 1976).
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2033:"Presiding Judge Leslie D. King"
1837:"Understanding the Court System"
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1551:Morton 1992
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526:law library
444:bond issues
383:Republicans
354:Prohibition
293:During the
271:Mississippi
237:trial court
229:bond issues
186:Mississippi
126:Eight years
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2721:Categories
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571:District 1
394:common law
275:U.S. state
111:Appeals to
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2469:Minnesota
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722:Franklin
420:Function
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