The Constitution of Mississippi is the primary organizing law for the U.S. state of Mississippi delineating the duties, powers, structures, and functions...
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1798, the Mississippi Territory was given a government which included a governor. Mississippi was given statehood in 1817. Its first constitution provided...
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the Constitution of Mississippi prohibits the state's governors from serving a third term. Delbert Hosemann, Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi Lynn...
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create and amend bills. According to the current Mississippi Constitution, the Senate is to be composed of no more than 52 members elected for four-year...
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citizen of the United States for twenty years and a resident of Mississippi for at least five years at the time of inauguration. The Constitution of Mississippi...
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term-limited by the Constitution of Mississippi in 2027 and cannot seek re-election to a third term. Democratic nominee in 2023 and former Mississippi Public Service...
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the state constitution was amended to require that legislative districts be apportioned equally in terms of population. The Mississippi Legislature...
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The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university in Oxford, Mississippi, United States, with a medical center in Jackson...
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all the rights of U.S. citizenship. Even after Mississippi disenfranchised most African Americans in the 1890 Constitution of Mississippi, they continued...
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after the first Monday in November. Article 4, Section 36 of the Mississippi Constitution specifies that the state legislature must meet for 125 days...
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the 1890 Constitution of Mississippi, gubernatorial candidates must win a majority of the popular vote. In addition, the Mississippi House of Representatives...
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the Constitution of Mississippi establishes a sort of electoral college at the state level. For the election of governor. Article 5, Section 140 of the...
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interpretation of the principles and intents of the United States Constitution. The party platform is based on originalist interpretations of the Constitution and...
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1890 Constitution of Mississippi, a candidate needed a majority of voters across the state and a majority of voters in a majority of state House of Representatives...
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enumerated as part of the executive branch in Mississippi's first constitution in 1817. The office was filled by the choice of the Mississippi Legislature....
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Supreme Court of Mississippi is the highest court in the state of Mississippi. It was established in 1818 per the terms of the first constitution of the state...
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Government of Mississippi is the government of the U.S. state of Mississippi. Power in Mississippi's government is distributed by the state's Constitution between...
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Mississippi (/ˌmɪsəˈsɪpi/ MISS-ə-SIP-ee) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the...
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on January 9, 2020. The 1817 Constitution of Mississippi provided for an attorney general to be elected by the Mississippi State Legislature for a one-year...
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Amendment (Amendment XXIV) of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from requiring the payment of a poll tax or any other...
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The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution...
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XXII) to the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person can be elected to the office of President of the United States to two terms...
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approved by Congress that violate the U.S. Constitution or Mississippi Constitution. Mississippi has state preemption of many but not all firearm laws. No county...
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governor of Mississippi is the second-highest ranking elected executive officer in the U.S. state of Mississippi, below the governor of Mississippi, and is...
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(Amendment XXI) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide prohibition...
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Louisiana Purchase (redirect from Purchase of Louisiana)
First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River's drainage basin west of the river. In return for fifteen million dollars...
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of the executive branch in Mississippi's first constitution in 1817. The office was filled by the choice of the Mississippi Legislature. The first auditor...
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The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime...
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The flag of Mississippi consists of a white magnolia blossom surrounded by 21 stars and the words "In God We Trust" written below, all put over a blue...
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for the Constitution Party's 2020 candidates, no such primaries were held in any state for the party's 2024 candidates. This page is a summary of delegation...
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