www.youtube.com – WJTV 12 News – 2023-12-29 18:17:45

SUMMARY: Judge Henry Wingate declared that most of the pending motions against House Bill 10-20 are now irrelevant. A lawsuit filed by civil rights activists contested a part of the bill that would allow Chief Justice Michael Randolph to appoint four judges. However, a prior Mississippi Supreme Court ruling had already declared the appointment of special circuit judges as unconstitutional, making the appointments void. Legal analyst Matt Steffey explained that the federal lawsuit is catching up to what happened in the state court, and doubts that an appeal on Wingate's decision will be successful. Overall, the state Supreme Court has already nullified the provision for appointed circuit judges, making the issue moot.

United States District Court Judge Henry Wingate recently declared most pending actions made against House Bill 1020 as moot.

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