513:. It oversees procedure for other state courts. The justices of the Supreme Court appoint their court clerk. The court is also empowered to appoint judges to serve on lower courts in under three circumstances: if an incumbent judge is seriously ill or disabled, if the senior judge of a circuit or chancery court requests an additional judge to assist in handling emergency needs, or if the governor neglects to use their power to fill a vacant judgeship within sevens days of the vacancy appearing. State law gives the court supervisory powers over the Mississippi State Library, which is housed in the Gartin Justice Building and serves as the court's
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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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Supreme Court be at least 30 years of age, have lived in the state for at least five years, and have practiced law for at least five years. The court is composed of nine justices—six associate justices, two presiding justices, and
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to alter utility rates and in investigating instances of judicial misconduct. Rulings of
Chancery, Circuit and County Courts and the Court of Appeals can be appealed to the Supreme Court. When handling cases on appeal, the court may only consider facts raised in the original proceedings in the lower
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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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to consider appeals from the superior courts. The legislature appointed the first
Supreme Court on January 21, 1818. The state's constitution of 1832 provided for the court, renamed the High Court of Errors and Appeals, to have three popularly-elected judges serving six-year terms. In 1839, three
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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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Supreme Court's increasing caseload burden and worsening delays in judgements rendered. The Carroll Gartin Justice Building was rebuilt in 2008 to house both the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals.
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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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constituencies, known as the northern, central, and southern districts, were created for the justices. They changed little over the ensuing decades.
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Challener, Deborah J.; Hoffheimer, Michael H. (2017).
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1436:"Ballot Proposes High Court Clerk Be Appointed"
2189:"A Sketch of the Supreme Court of Mississippi"
2123:"Tort Reform by the Mississippi Supreme Court"
2087:Alexander, S. Allan; Steffey, Matthew (1994).
525:In the event the governor is impeached by the
16:Highest court in the U.S. state of Mississippi
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2222:The Mississippi State Constitution
2062:"Associate Justice David M. Ishee"
1434:Buford, Linda (November 1, 1976).
181:of the state and was known as the
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1792:"Administrative Office of Courts"
33:Seal of the Mississippi Judiciary
2050:. January 14, 2009. pp. A6.
2022:"Presiding Judge Leslie D. King"
1826:"Understanding the Court System"
1701:"Understanding the Court System"
1361:. Mississippi Humanities Council
183:High Court of Errors and Appeals
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2187:Somerville, Thomas H. (1899).
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2127:Mississippi College Law Review
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2093:Mississippi College Law Review
2044:"Ceremony slated for Kitchens"
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2219:Winkle, John W. III (2014).
1588:Alexander & Steffey 1994
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1359:Mississippi Encyclopedia
521:Impeachments and removal
304:Civil Rights Act of 1866
292:a state capitol building
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1936:MSPC Annual Report 2022
1860:"State Library History"
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268:Mississippi Legislature
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1089:, Presiding Justice
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120:Number of positions
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1611:Winkle 2014
1576:Morton 1992
1564:Morton 1992
1552:Morton 1992
1540:Morton 1992
1504:Winkle 2014
1489:Winkle 2014
1307:Winkle 2014
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515:law library
433:bond issues
372:Republicans
343:Prohibition
282:During the
260:Mississippi
226:trial court
218:bond issues
175:Mississippi
115:Eight years
64:Mississippi
52:Established
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560:District 1
383:common law
264:U.S. state
100:Appeals to
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